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VINCENT KICKERILLO
CEO/CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD | KICKERILLO COMPANIES

1937

1954

2005

VINCENT D. KICKERILLO HAS BEEN GUIDED BY SEVERAL PHILOSOPHIES THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, BUT
THE ONE CLOSEST TO HIS HEART IS “GOD TAKES ME WHERE I NEED TO BE.” THIS IS FITTING FOR THE
BUILDER/DEVELOPER MOGUL, WHO AT THE AGE OF 13 LEFT THE FAMILY FARM IN BRYAN, TEXAS, TO SEEK
HIS FORTUNE. BORN IN 1929 TO AN ITALIAN SHARECROPPER, KICKERILLO KNEW THE ONLY MEANS TO
SUCCESS WAS THROUGH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION. KICKERILLO COMPANIES HAS DEVELOPED
SOME 15,000 LOTS AND BUILT MORE THAN 10,000 HOMES IN MORE THAN 40 COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION, IT HAS DEVELOPED MORE THAN 1,000 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INCLUDING SHOPS,
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. KICKERILLO HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON
THE GROWTH OF HOUSTON AND THE TRENDS OF THE UP-SCALE HOUSING MARKET. NOW, IN ITS SIXTH
DECADE OF OPERATION, KICKERILLO COMPANIES’ FOCUS REMAINS ON DEVELOPING REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING CUSTOM HOMES IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AND THEIR “BUILD ON YOUR LOT” PROGRAM. KICKERILLO TRULY BELIEVES GOD HAS TAKEN HIM EXACTLY WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE – WORKING
NEXT TO HIS WIFE, MARY, AND DAUGHTER, KELLI, OVERSEEING A SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE EMPIRE.

Photography Courtesy of
The Kickerillo Familly

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