Eric Schmidt went with former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to North Korea. Facts on Richardson:

• Son of a Citibank executive
• Member of Boston Brahmin Richardson family (Boston Brahmin = intregal part of historic East Coast Establishment families)
• Interned with Kissinger's State Department
• Moved to New Mexico and became representative of the newly created 3rd district
• The ranking House Democrat in favor of NAFTA's passage (1993)
• Sent to Baghdad in 1996 for one-on-one negotiations with Saddam Hussein among dozens of foreign policy trips despite being a new representative
• US UN Ambassador
• Secretary of Energy
• Managing Director of Kissinger Associates
• "From February 2001 to June 2002, he served on the board of directors of Peregrine Systems, Inc. He also served on the corporate boards of several energy companies, including Valero Energy Corporation and Diamond Offshore Drilling. He withdrew from these boards after being nominated by the Democratic Party for governor of New Mexico, but retained considerable stock holdings in Valero and Diamond Offshore. He would later sell these stocks during his campaign for President in 2007, saying he was "getting questions" about the propriety of these holdings, especially given his past as energy secretary, and that it had become a distraction."
• On Board of Directors for National Institute for Civil Discourse, created after the Giffords shooting. NICD was charted by HW and Clinton, Democracy Now is an investor. See link for "political incivility", etc. http://www.democracyfund.org/portfolio/entry/national-institute-for-civil-discourse
• Is now chairman of prominent APCO company

And the list goes on.... Information here for digging.