Published mark
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
NYSE: BIO. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:157638c6-5048-4cb1-b4cb-163ce33f6aac
- SEC CIK
- 0000012208
- Record version
- vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 16, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Mar 25, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Norman SchwartzSince Feb 13, 2026
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- 4 / 55 directors published
- Published claims
- 243 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 50 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 3 distinct sources and 5 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
CEO CHANGED
Norman Schwartz executive of BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2026-02-13.
EffectiveEffective Feb 13, 2026E3
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | Norman Schwartz | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE3 |
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | Roop K. Lakkaraju | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE4 |
Board of directors
Evidence5 directors published. 4 of 5 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold A. Pinkston | Independent | 2017 | Risk | Source reportedE2 |
| Gregory K. Hinckley | Independent | 2017 | AuditAudit; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE2 |
| Jeffrey L. Edwards | Independent | 2017 | AuditAudit; Compensation; RiskCompensationRisk | Source reportedE2 |
| Melinda Litherland | Independent | 2017 | AuditAudit; RiskRisk | Source reportedE2 |
| Norman Schwartz | Not independent | 1995 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Not published | Gregory K. Hinckley, Jeffrey L. Edwards, Melinda Litherland | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation | Not published | Gregory K. Hinckley | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation; Risk | Not published | Jeffrey L. Edwards | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Risk | Not published | Melinda Litherland | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | Not published | Gregory K. Hinckley, Jeffrey L. Edwards | Not described in the published record |
| Risk | Not published | Arnold A. Pinkston, Jeffrey L. Edwards, Melinda Litherland | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair not stated; Members Gregory K. Hinckley; Jeffrey L. Edwards; Melinda Litherland
Committee AppointmentGregory K. Hinckley: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentJeffrey L. Edwards: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentMelinda Litherland: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair not stated; Members Gregory K. Hinckley; Jeffrey L. Edwards
Committee AppointmentGregory K. Hinckley: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentJeffrey L. Edwards: member, Compensation
Committee RecordRisk: Chair not stated; Members Arnold A. Pinkston; Jeffrey L. Edwards; Melinda Litherland
Committee AppointmentArnold A. Pinkston: member, Risk
Committee AppointmentJeffrey L. Edwards: member, Risk
Committee AppointmentMelinda Litherland: member, Risk
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerNorman Schwartz, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, from Feb 13, 2026
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceSecurity ListingBIO (NYSE)
Security ListingBIO-B (NYSE)
Security ListingBIO.B (NYSE)
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 17, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameBIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Published FactUS
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Norman SchwartzChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; Directorcompany:157638c6-5048-4cb1-b4cb-163ce33f6aac:leadership_role:10, company:157638c6-5048-4cb1-b4cb-163ce33f6aac:leadership_role:9
- Roop K. LakkarajuExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officercompany:157638c6-5048-4cb1-b4cb-163ce33f6aac:leadership_role:11
- Arnold A. PinkstonDirectorcompany:157638c6-5048-4cb1-b4cb-163ce33f6aac:leadership_role:5
- Gregory K. HinckleyDirectorcompany:157638c6-5048-4cb1-b4cb-163ce33f6aac:leadership_role:6
- Jeffrey L. EdwardsDirectorcompany:157638c6-5048-4cb1-b4cb-163ce33f6aac:leadership_role:7
- Melinda LitherlandDirectorcompany:157638c6-5048-4cb1-b4cb-163ce33f6aac:leadership_role:8
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 5 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
- E2sec proxy. Published Mar 25, 2026. Retrieved Jul 12, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
- E3sec filing. Published Feb 13, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E4sec filing. Published Feb 13, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5board_seats. board seats. Cited by 11 Claims.
What changed in version public-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 16, 2026- Norman Schwartz executive of BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2026-02-13.
- Roop K. Lakkaraju executive of BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2026-02-13.
- Arnold A. Pinkston seat on BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2017-01-01.
- Gregory K. Hinckley seat on BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2017-01-01.
- Jeffrey L. Edwards seat on BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2017-01-01.
- Melinda Litherland seat on BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2017-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation committee of BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2017-01-01.
- Gregory K. Hinckley member of Audit; Compensation, effective 2017-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation; Risk committee of BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2017-01-01.
- Jeffrey L. Edwards member of Audit; Compensation; Risk, effective 2017-01-01.
- Audit; Risk committee of BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 2017-01-01.
- Melinda Litherland member of Audit; Risk, effective 2017-01-01.
- Arnold A. Pinkston member of Risk, effective 2017-01-01.
- Norman Schwartz seat on BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., effective 1995-01-01.
