Born in Atlanta, Creighton grew up in Columbia and has lived here most of his life. He was a twelve year attendee of James H. Hammond Academy (The Hammond School) and received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Creighton is a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and attends church regularly with his daughter, Gambrell. In fact, it was the desire to be more available to Gambrell that led him to a career in real estate.

Area Sales Manager - Belk Department Stores
Creighton's most notable accomplishment with Belk was an in store promotion for Izod Sportswear he created that was subsequently rolled out to all 250~ stores across the country. The same promotion technique was also later adopted by Chaps Sportswear and again used company-wide.

Owner - On-Site-Marketing.com
From scratch, Creighton created On-Site-Marketing.com (later known as MetroBlitz.com) which was an internet site devoted to geo-targeted advertising for the small business. In direct competition with a division of MicroSoft, Creighton closed the business after the birth of his daughter due to the high risk of loss of substantial capital.

Financial Advisor - American Express Financial Advisors
Creighton won several awards with American Express including First Year Advisor of the Year Award, Mercury Sales Award, Jupiter Sales Award, and the President's Quality of Advice Award.