R. Martin Chávez — Board Member Accountability Profile
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R. Martin Chávez — Board Member Accountability Profile

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Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) Board Tenure: 2022 – present Committee Memberships: Audit Committee; Risk and Compliance Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

> Basis for Inclusion: R. Martin Chávez holds a documented governance role as an independent director on the Audit and Risk and Compliance Committees of Alphabet Inc., which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while the corporation faced significant regulatory actions directly affecting its financial interests. Chávez’s prior role as CFO and CIO of Goldman Sachs — a systemically important financial institution that itself navigated significant Trump-era regulatory exposure — provides contextual significance to his governance role. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

> Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

> What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Chávez’s personal political opinions, party affiliation, public statements, or any protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion. The basis is solely the documented directorial role and its fiduciary connection to corporate political spending documented in the parent corporate donor profile.

Biographical Overview

R. Martin “Marty” Chávez is a Partner and Vice Chairman at Sixth Street Partners, a global investment platform with over $75 billion in assets under management. Before joining Sixth Street, Chávez spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs, where he rose to Chief Information Officer (2014–2018) and then Chief Financial Officer (2018–2019). He was also co-head of the Securities Division. He founded and was CEO of Kiodex, a commodity risk management software company that was acquired by Sungard in 2004.

Chávez is notable as one of the most senior openly gay and Hispanic executives in global financial services. His background in quantitative finance, risk management, and technology at Goldman Sachs brought significant financial services expertise to the Alphabet board when he joined in 2022. His role on the Risk and Compliance Committee is particularly significant given Alphabet’s ongoing antitrust proceedings.

He holds an A.B. and M.S. in Biochemistry from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Medical Information Sciences from Stanford University.

Board Role and Governance Authority

  • Company: Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
  • Board tenure: 2022 – present
  • Committee assignments: Audit Committee; Risk and Compliance Committee
  • Day job: Partner & Vice Chairman, Sixth Street Partners

Other Current Board Memberships

  • Conduct detailed research via SEC EDGAR for current concurrent public company board seats

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Google/Alphabet corporate donor profile, which documents the corporation’s political spending, pending government business, and favorable outcomes under the Trump administration.

Sources

  • Alphabet Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2025 (annual meeting June 5, 2025)
  • Alphabet Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2026
  • SEC EDGAR filing: Alphabet Inc. (CIK 1652044)
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