“Pixie” Paula Dezzutti, recently named to the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 list, celebrates and supports the modern woman, encouraging her towards personal growth and professional success. She is an entrepreneur at her core, serving as CEO of numerous companies, including: CEO of SKIRT, one of the first women’s empowerment magazines running 30 years, family-operated Striped Pig Distillery, Charleston’s first distillery steeped in history back to 1838, award-winning Local Choice Spirits, an incubator accelerator platform building diversity brands, Ghost Monkey Brewery, recognized as best local brewery, best beer and best bartenders in Charleston and Sycamore BioPharma, South Carolina’s leading technology driven wellness and hemp company, featured at the 2023 PGA for its advanced technologies. With her award winning global reach, specialized brand development and distribution platform she has focused for over a decade to create diversity brands in the beverage industry and open doors for women in traditionally underrepresented as well as male dominated industries.The commonality: massively giving back to the community in a way that is measurable and impactful!Pixie is the mother of 9, grandmother to 10, and a non-denominational ordained minister administering to the spiritual side of trade through her Sip & Share™ philanthropic give back initiatives. Her podcast, Spiritually Speaking with Pixie Paula highlights women from all over the world who are breaking glass ceilings. She continues to work hard teaching her children and clients how to live a balanced, bustling homelife with boundless professional growth opportunities. Pixie aims to amplify the message women can nurture and provide, and she is here to empower them in their pursuits. It’s time for ladies to own their space and celebrate their accomplishments!Ms. Dezzutti is a 40-year veteran in real estate development, the financial and tax planning fields, and even launched the first NFT in the trillion-dollar alcohol industry. She has been featured on Fox News, Huffington Post, USA Today, Bloomberg and many others. Pixie was named the 2022 International Woman of the Year at the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce where she served as a featured panelist for a multi-day seminar on NFTs, crypto-currencies and Blockchain 3.0, the Top 50 Influencers of South Carolina, and the SCBiz News and the Charleston Regional Business Journal’s 2023 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE amongst many others.In June of 2023, during Pre-sales for THIS book, Alphabet Soup: The ABCs and 123s of NFTs & Other Blockchain Acronyms, Pixie Paula Dezzutti was awarded #1 New Release and #1 New Best Seller in Education Finance, Funding, Education Leadership, and Reference within the first week of book sales! Read more about this authorRead less about this author