Jesse J. Ricks (May 15, 1879–February 20, 1944) was an American lawyer and businessman best known for serving as the former President and Board Chairman of the Union Carbide and Carbon Company.
[1][2][3] He attended the University of Michigan for his college education, where he served as a staff member for the Law Review.
[5] In the 1910s, Ricks moved to New York, where he would play a key role in the creation of the Union Carbide and Carbon Company.
[2][12] Ricks lived in his estate, Chanticlare, in Flower Hill, New York, on Long Island's North Shore.
[12][13][14][15] He was married to Sybil Ricks (née Hayward); the couple wed on February 11, 1909, in Niagara, New York.