NICHOLAS H. DURGARIAN

Where did you grow up?
Hopkinton, MA and Westerly, RI

Where do you currently live?
Providence, RI

Where did you attend High School?
St John’s High School, Shrewsbury, MA

Where did you attend college and what degree did you obtain?
Providence College, Bachelor’s of Science in Finance

Any graduate school and/or advanced degrees?
Just different licenses and non-sense, not worth noting.

What Is your favorite non-work leisure activity?
Boating and engineering

Have you done any volunteer work?
Involved in Armenian Church Community, Former Chair of Ararat Youth/Conference Center in NY, Parish Council Member at Providence, RI Parish (St. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church), Soup Kitchens, Golf Tournaments, etc

What fascinates you the most about Column E?
Algorithmic Investment Platform, Human Emotional Interference Removal, Brendan McCarty – down to earth, non-salesman, fair and honest.

What is the most impactful lesson you have learned from a business mentor?
Patience, work ethic, try not to focus on the highs or the lows, focus on current activity, work through problems and know that hard work in the right direction will lead to valuable solutions, trusting in your capabilities.

Who are some of your former employers?

Self-Employed in all major roles:

- Financial Practice with licenses held at New York Life & Subsidiaries (life, annuity, investments, mainstay, HYLIM, etc.)

- Nantucket Sound Seafood – Started seafood processing facility from scratch, brought to over $15mm in sales within first 9 months, and sold.

- (Active) Douglas Construction Company – Vice President/Owner

- (Active) Various Real Estate and Development Entities and Holdings – Commercial and Residential

-  (Active) Various Private Investments with Active Roles in Management, Construction Consulting, and Production

What your top 10 skills that others identify in you?

1.      Good/Honest/Generous Friend
2.      Loving Husband and Soon-To-Be Father
3.      Analytic mind with great memory (skill and curse)
4.      I do what I say I am going to do
5.      Endless Drive and Desire to create repeated success
6.      Creating balance in life (hard work that has no set hours or days – and finding time to create big and little retreats in an attempt to enjoy life as we go through it)
7.      Outside of the box thinker
8.      Boat operator/captain
9.      Enjoy operating and working with Heavy Equipment
10.    Anything to do working with my hands

 
If you have a weekend where you could wake up anywhere in the world and do anything, where would you go and what would you do?

       Cruising up the inside of Long Island Sound – Heading to Nantucket – On a 77 Vicem Express

I’ve seen much of the world and loved it all, but for me – nothing ever seems to trump how great running along the ocean with nothing but sea in front of you , steady 26-28 knots, knowing that the Nantucket Boat Basin is waiting at the end of the journey. My most relaxing and enjoyable scenario.

There are a bunch of bucket list things I could list – but that’s where I’m most happy.