A graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a degree in marketing and advertising, Gary's experience in corporate marketing for numerous companies in various industries lead to him being recruited to Greenville in 1982 to manage the advertising and marketing efforts for a statewide bank. Since coming to Greenville Gary has been very active in the non-profit sector and just previous to starting his first magazine he was responsible for the very successful original marketing and local fund raising for the Peace Center for the Performing Arts. Gary co-founded Greenville's city magazine, "Greenville Magazine" in the fall of 1993 and has been its publisher from its inception. In 2002 he fulfilled a personal dream to publish a statewide magazine for South Carolina by partnering with his long time friend Paul Gesimondo to found SouthCarolina Magazine.

Paul Gesimondo graduated from Lehman College in New York with a degree in finance. His background includes managing startup operations with MTV Networks, Inc., and NewSouth Communications. His 25 years in the telecommunications industry included directing large organizations in the finance, sales and marketing, customer service and operations areas of Verizon Wireless.