A graduate of The Thacher School (’60) and Stanford University (A.B.,’64), Nick Chickering began his real estate career in 1965 as a mortgage appraiser for Coldwell Banker and Aetna Life Insurance Company. Following several years working as an officer in smaller corporations, Nick returned to real estate in 1978, specializing in brokering the purchase and sale of small businesses. Finding that his clients wanted to purchase unique ranch properties, he founded The Chickering Company in 1982. Together with Terry Hundemer, the two have established the signature ranch brokerage in California for discriminating buyers seeking to purchase the best the West has to offer. Nick retired in 2010 and lives in Nevada.