Peter Nickerson
Metro Portland
Pete Nickerson is both a first-hand observer and active participant in the emergence of Asia as an economic powerhouse. He has founded and developed trading, investing and manufacturing businesses in Hong Kong, China, Vietnam and India that today generate over $1 billion in sales and directly employ over 120,000 people.
Pete sits on several public and private corporate boards, as well as several not-for-profit boards.
A fluent Mandarin speaker, he and his family have lived in Taiwan, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Singapore. They currently reside in Portland, Oregon.