Jack Vickers
A Colorado native, Jack A. Vickers was born in Colorado Springs on August 8, 1925. In 1946, Vickers joined Vickers Petroleum Corporation, founded by his father in 1918, and was an oil scout for about six months. He then resigned to start his own independent oil and gas royalty business. In 1949, in addition to the royalty business, he became a vice president of Vickers Petroleum and worked in the land department. In 1951, he was promoted to president of Vickers Petroleum at 26.
Vickers was very active in the petroleum industry in Kansas, serving as Chairman of the Kansas Governor’s Oil and Gas Advisory Council, and was named Oil Man of the Year in 1957. In 1958, Vickers moved to Denver and became the first member of the Colorado Chapter of YPO, and Esquire magazine named Vickers as one of America’s 16 Bright Young Men in Business. Vickers was elected to the Swift Board of Directors and the Executive Committee when they bought out his company in 1968. Swift subsequently purchased Trans-Ocean Oil of New Orleans, LA. In 1973, these three companies were merged into Vickers Energy Corporation (formerly Vickers Petroleum).
A love of golf led to his acquisition of land and the founding of Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, CO. Jack Nicklaus was engaged to be the architect of the Castle Pines Golf Club course, which was completed in the summer of 1980.
Vickers has served on numerous boards, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, PGA of America, and the Jack A. Vickers Foundation. He was also the former chairman and majority owner of the Colorado Rockies, the first MLB team in Denver, and the organizer and president of the University of Colorado’s Flatirons Club, a major athletic fundraising organization, for 19 years.
Vickers was very active in the petroleum industry in Kansas, serving as Chairman of the Kansas Governor’s Oil and Gas Advisory Council, and was named Oil Man of the Year in 1957. In 1958, Vickers moved to Denver and became the first member of the Colorado Chapter of YPO, and Esquire magazine named Vickers as one of America’s 16 Bright Young Men in Business. Vickers was elected to the Swift Board of Directors and the Executive Committee when they bought out his company in 1968. Swift subsequently purchased Trans-Ocean Oil of New Orleans, LA. In 1973, these three companies were merged into Vickers Energy Corporation (formerly Vickers Petroleum).
A love of golf led to his acquisition of land and the founding of Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, CO. Jack Nicklaus was engaged to be the architect of the Castle Pines Golf Club course, which was completed in the summer of 1980.
Vickers has served on numerous boards, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, PGA of America, and the Jack A. Vickers Foundation. He was also the former chairman and majority owner of the Colorado Rockies, the first MLB team in Denver, and the organizer and president of the University of Colorado’s Flatirons Club, a major athletic fundraising organization, for 19 years.