After leaving his father's employ Gore established an advertising agency called Take one Creative alternative, with his then partner and long time friend Ross Clarkson.

Gore also developed high rise apartment buildings on The Gold Coast, In Sydney and Melbourne CBD.

He was ranked sixth on the Business Review Weekly young rich list in 2006 with an estimated wealth of A$160 million.

[6][7] As a result, Gore played a part in the careers of two of Australia's most successful Motorsport exports Marcos Ambrose (NASCAR) and Will Power (INDYCAR).

[8] Crag Gore has business interest in Australia, the United States and Europe, mostly in the property development sector.

In 2008, Secured Capital & Finance, a firm jointly owned by Gore and John Atkinson froze redemptions to its clients.

[9] The appointed liquidator CRSWarnerKugel found that Wright Patton Shakespeare, a financial advice firm then owned by the duo, had recommended that their clients invest in SC&F.

[9] Gore's creditors accepted an offer which provided for a payment of 3 million dollars, over three years, and 30% of all profits from a Gore-controlled trust on 18 November 2010.

On 27 October 2020, following an earlier five-day judge-alone trial at the Brisbane District Court, Mr Craig Kirrin Gore was found guilty of six counts of fraud.