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Home 🌿 Marijuana Business News 🌿 Brendan Kennedy might look like the world's most boring drug dealer but he's one of the biggest names in legal marijuana sales 🌿Brendan Kennedy might look like the world's most boring drug dealer but he's one of the biggest names in legal marijuana sales
Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Privateer Holdings, is the world's most boring drug dealer.
In a smart two-piece suit and tie, hair cropped short, Brendan Kennedy doesn’t look much like the average drug dealer. But that’s precisely the point.
Kennedy is hoping that it is precisely this normality, this whiff of corporateness, that will give him the edge in the burgeoning global cannabis business. Five years ago, the push for the legalisation of marijuana was led by “people who were well intentioned, but weren’t interested in creating brands that don’t embrace the ubiquitous clichés,” he says. That’s where he saw his opportunity.
The Seattle resident and former banker is now the CEO of Privateer Holdings, a cannabis-focused holding company that has taken big bucks in venture capital investment. It has three key companies: Tilray, a medical marijuana producer; Leafly, a website/app that provides information to cannabis users; and Marley Natural...
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