Managing Partner & CEO · Knoxville, TN
C.J. Orrico
Building a company around love and care, for dogs and the people who love them.
- Experience
- 25+ years as an entrepreneur
- Giving back
- Co-founder, Widowed Parent Relief Project
- Pups at home
- Jovi & Tilly, two Cavapoos
Home & pups
Originally from Chicago, IL, he currently resides in Knoxville, TN, where he and his wife, Kelly, are recent empty nesters focusing all their attention on their two Cavapoos, Jovi and Tilly.
Building Doggyfide
He has spent over 25 years as an entrepreneur, focusing on industries that provide love and care to customers. While fully dedicated to the success of Doggyfide, he and his wife also co-founded the Widowed Parent Relief Project, where they work alongside their team to help alleviate everyday stressors and build an enduring support system for young widowed families.
Off the clock
When not building or acquiring businesses, he enjoys golfing, boating, traveling, all things Chicago and Tennessee Vols sports, and surrounding himself with his wife, four adult kids and future daughter-in-law, family, and friends who feel like family.

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