Charleston’s First Distillery Owner Honored in 50 Most Influential List

“Pixie” Paula Dezzutti, CEO of award-winning Local Choice Spirits , Striped Pig Distillery , Ghost Monkey Brewery and women’s empowerment magazine Skirt. , is honored to be featured on the 2023 Charleston Business Magazine’s 50 Most Influential list, announced in January of this year. Published annually, the 50 Most Influential list recognizes the region’s most influential people, 50 men and women who are chosen as a result of staff research and community nominations. Charleston Business Magazine will be hosting a celebratory event for the honorees on Wednesday, 21 February at the Striped Pig Distillery, where Pixie has been invited to speak on her latest work and initiatives.

Charleston Business Magazine, considered a go-to resource for the area’s businesses leaders and those who have a vested interest in the success of Charleston’s business community, keeps readers up to date on the challenges and successes, individuals, companies and organizations impacting the business landscape, covering what is new, developing, and being debated in the local and wider business arena.

Featured in Forbes 50 over 50 last year, Pixie has been serving the Charleston community and more for over 15 years through her entrepreneurial initiatives, which she has tied to community give back programs, like the Sip & Share program she founded over a decade ago to help dollars from spirit sales for educational and community fundraisers go back into the community. She has also served as a mentor and volunteer to support community organizations and budding entrepreneurs, being a highly sought after speaker and coach. Through Skirt. Magazine, she is currently spearheading an enrichment program for young women (14-24) who would like to learn entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Her company Local Choice Spirits was recently announced by Inc. Magazine that it will feature in the 2024 Inc. Regionals: Southeast list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

About Pixie Paula Dezzutti

With over a decade of experience and a solid track record of delivering socially responsible beverages, while simultaneously impacting the economic empowerment of communities, the mother of nine, author, and multi-entrepreneur Pixie Paula Dezzutti has established herself as a force to be reckoned with, taking on challenges in the most regulated industries to help drive them forward.?

Her recent book release Alphabet Soup: The ABCs of NFTs & Other Blockchain Acronyms, which aims to help others break down jargon and barriers to understanding and engaging in the Web3.0 movement, was awarded by Amazon #1 Best Seller and New Release, #1 New Release in Education Leadership, #1 New Release in Education Finance, #1 Best Seller in Funding and #1 Best Seller in Imports/Exports and Economics.