40+ Years Turning Vision into Victory
With over 40 years of experience, Craig Pickering has founded, led, and exited multiple companies, building ventures worth $2.5B and generating hundreds of millions in annual revenue.
Ventures Evolved
In 1996 in Utah, Craig Pickering co-founded a fast-growing internet technology company acquired by the largest U.S. telecommunications firm in a $1.4 billion deal (Inflation-adjusted).
Building and Business
Craig also co-developed Parkway Crossing, the largest privately owned student housing project in the western U.S. at the time, and founded C&D Food Group with multiple franchised restaurants.
Blockchain
In 2011, Craig co-founded ARIIX International, growing it globally before its $300 million sale in 2021. He later led a major bitcoin mining operation and now advances blockchain with Cirrus Networks and Gnodi Blockchain.
“Opportunities don’t wait, recognize them early, act with conviction, and build with purpose”
The right vision, pursued at the right time, can create lasting impact and value.
Latest Posts
Follow Craig Pickering’s journey through entrepreneurship, blockchain innovation, and global business.
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Can Blockchain Fix Digital Identity and Online Privacy Once and for All?
Digital identity and online privacy are problems most people feel but rarely see clearly. Data breaches are constant, logins multiply, and personal information lives in places we don’t remember signing up for. Every new account adds another copy of the same data to another database we don’t control. For a long time, the default solution has been centralization. Companies store identity data,…
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How Smart Contracts Are Replacing Middlemen (and Who Should Be Worried)
Smart contracts sound abstract until you see where they actually show up. Strip away the jargon and they’re simple: agreements written in code that execute automatically when certain conditions are met. No paperwork. No follow-ups. No third party needed to approve or process every step. That simplicity is exactly why they’re starting to replace middlemen in places where intermediaries exist mainly to enforce rules…
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Craig Pickering: Writing for Deseret News
I just wrote this piece on the Deseret News – Tokenization isn’t speculation. It’s infrastructure I plan to do more writing so check it out!
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Regulation Comes of Age: What Clearer Global Frameworks Mean for Innovation, Compliance, and Capital Flows
For much of the last decade, regulation has been treated as a moving target. Companies building across borders often faced fragmented rules, uneven enforcement, and unclear expectations that slowed decision-making and discouraged long-term investment. That landscape is beginning to change. Across technology, infrastructure, and digital services, regulatory frameworks are becoming more defined, more coordinated, and…