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Inc.
|Winter 2025
Award-winning advertising agency Elite Media, LLC, is Black-owned, women-led, and committed to producing exceptional work that serves the greater good.
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Christopher Crawford, founder and CEO of Elite Media, is a serial entrepreneur who says he is “heaven-bent on having a positive impact” through his full-service creative agency's services.
Recognized by numerous industry outlets for its best-in-class content and advertising, Elite Media has grown from startup to powerhouse during the past decade.
Inspired by the movie “Kidco”—a film about children who start a composting business—when he was young, Crawford became an entrepreneur at a young age. He sold snacks and candy at school, did landscaping in his neighborhood, and launched his first official venture—a creative agency—in college.
Christopher Crawford, founder and CEO, Elite MediaThis story is from the Winter 2025 edition of Inc..
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