Glenn Allen Hegar Jr. (born November 25, 1970)[1][2] is an American attorney who serves as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

[3] Hegar gained prominence in 2022 as the gatekeeper to the Texas's $330 billion in investment assets, following a letter he sent to more than 100 of the world's largest financial firms demanding that they make clear whether they restrict business with the fossil-fuel industry.

[8] Hegar, with 58.4 percent of the vote, defeated the Democratic nominee Mike Collier, a businessman from Houston, in the November 4 general election.

In 2021, Hegar proposed to weaken the rules for transparency and accountability for the biggest corporate tax break program in Texas., Chapter 313.

Major sections of the law were struck down in the United States Supreme Court case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt.

Born to teenage parents, Hegar is a sixth-generation Texan who farms on the 4,000-acre (1,600 ha) land that has been in his family since the mid-19th century.

He with his wife Dara, and their three children live in Katy,[4] where they attend St. Peter's United Methodist Church.