Gordon Derrick was born in the twin-island state of Antigua and Barbuda located in the Caribbean in 1968. He grew up in the outskirts of St. John’s town in the area known as Villa. He is married and has two children.
He attended primary school at the Foundation Mixed School and his secondary learning at the St. Joseph’s Academy before attending the Antigua State College for one year before moving onto the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) where he attained a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He later attended the University of The West Indies (UWI) at Cave Hill, Barbados where he attained his MBA.