John Gicking, Real Estate Agent

About John

An acknowledged professional in luxury real estate, John utilizes decades of experience to advise Hamptons clients on historic, estate and waterfront properties, for both personal use or investment. On a broader basis, he guides clients, anywhere they go, to top regional agents as a global referral director, advising them on real estate transactions around the globe. He is a member of The Summers Global Team as their Hamptons representative. SGT is a 16 agent worldwide team working to bring more international buyers to properties and buyers have easier access to purchase homes around the world, as the team is uniquely positioned to make worldwide real estate deals at all price points working with clients, lawyers, and accountants globally. The team has members across the Compass network domestically in New York, Florida, Colorado and California along with partners in the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russia and Dubai.

John's 25+ year track record in the Hamptons is an impressive one. He started his real estate career as a selling agent, where he was ranked in the top 2-3% of all agents nationwide at Sotheby’s International Realty. After a decade and a half, John was asked to co-manage the Hamptons offices for Sotheby’s, and each subsequent year was elected to the President’s Council, recognition as one of the top managers across the country.

John joined the Compass leadership team in 2016 as co-head of the Hamptons region, charged with building out the prominent area. In 4 years, Compass Hamptons grew from 35 agents to over 150 with six offices spreading from Westhampton Beach to Montauk, with a stable of many top agents in each town. His passion for sales led him back to working with clients who benefit from his knowledge.

John graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in Finance and was an officer at a legacy arm of JP Morgan in the Private Banking group as well as Bankers Trust, where he ran a fixed income trading operation. His interests include architecture, photography, and travel. John is a long-time member of the New York Regional Board of Directors of buildOn, a non-profit whose mission is to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations through service and education. Through buildOn, he raised the money for and assisted in the construction of a school in the village of Chifagala in Mali, West Africa.

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Triplex Apt., Saint Germain Des Pres, Paris France

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Villa Volpi, Sabaudia (Rome), Italy

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Adjacent to The Prado Museum | Madrid, Spain

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