Editing Chip Pickering (section)

{{Short description|American politician and businessman (born 1963)}}
{{Redirect|Charles Willis Pickering|this former Congressman's father|Charles W. Pickering}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Chip Pickering
| image       = Chip Pickering, 2016.jpg
| caption     = Pickering in 2016
| birth_name  = Charles Willis Pickering Jr.
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1963|08|10}}
| birth_place = [[Laurel, Mississippi]], U.S.
| residence   = [[Jackson, Mississippi]]
| alma_mater  = [[University of Mississippi]] (BA), [[Baylor University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| state       = [[Mississippi]]
| district    = [[Mississippi's 3rd congressional district|3rd]]
| term_start  = January 3, 1997
| term_end    = January 3, 2009
| preceded    = [[Sonny Montgomery]]
| succeeded   = [[Gregg Harper]]
| party       = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse      = Leisha Jane Pickering<br />{{marriage|Beth Creekmore|2015}}
| children    = 5
}}

'''Charles Willis '''"'''Chip'''"''' Pickering Jr.''' (born August 10, 1963) is an American businessman and former politician who has served as the [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of Incompas since 2014.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://leadership.olemiss.edu/people/charles-chip-pickering/ |title=Charles "Chip" Pickering {{pipe}} Public Policy Leadership {{pipe}} Ole Miss |website=Department of Public Policy Leadership |publisher=[[University of Mississippi]]}}</ref>

Pickering represented {{ushr|Mississippi|3}} as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1997 to 2009.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2007/08/pickering-announces-retirement-002674 |title=Pickering announces retirement |first=John |last=Bresnahan |work=[[Politico]] |date=August 17, 2007}}</ref>