Richard L. Clemmer — Board Member Accountability Profile
Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, HP Inc. Board Tenure: 2020 – present Committee Memberships: Audit, Finance, Investment & Technology (Chair) Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)
Basis for Inclusion: Richard L. Clemmer holds a documented governance role at HP Inc. HP Inc. is a major personal computer and printer manufacturer and made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. HP Inc. is significantly affected by federal IT procurement contracts, tariff policy on consumer electronics manufactured in Asia, and export control regulations. 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.
What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Personal political opinions, party affiliation, or protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion.
Biographical Overview
Richard L. Clemmer is a Founding General Partner at Socratic Partners and previously served as President and CEO of NXP Semiconductors, the Dutch-American semiconductor company he led through major growth and the attempted (ultimately blocked) acquisition by Qualcomm. Before NXP, he held executive roles at Agere Systems and Lucent Technologies. Clemmer brings deep semiconductor and electronics industry expertise to the HP Inc. board, which he joined in 2020. He chairs the Finance, Investment & Technology Committee and serves on the Audit Committee.
Board Role and Governance Authority
- Company: HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ)
- Board tenure: 2020 – present
- Committee assignments: Audit Committee, Finance, Investment & Technology Committee (Chair)
Other Current Board Memberships (if applicable)
- Socratic Partners (Founding GP)
Parent Corporate Donor Profile
This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the HP Inc. corporate donor profile.
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Investigative trail pointers (public records)
Education only — verify independently. Absence of hits is not proof.
| Channel | Starting points |
|---|---|
| Federal courts | CourtListener / PACER party and attorney searches (spelling variants) |
| Campaign finance | FEC + OpenSecrets for committees and donors tied to documented roles |
| Corporate / LLC | State secretary of state; OpenCorporates for cross-border shells from reporting |
| Sanctions / PEP | OpenSanctions when international business context is already sourced |
| Contracts / grants | USAspending.gov for named entities from investigations |
Use public-records-research-specialist, corporate-intelligence-investigator, and public-corruption-ombudsman evidence tiers.
Sources
- HP Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (for fiscal year 2025 annual meeting); SEC EDGAR