A 300% Surge Makes Pot CEO No. 2 in Pay Ranking After Elon Musk

May 17, 2019, 9:00 AM UTC

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Brendan Kennedy knew early on that his bet on marijuana would take years to pay off—if at all.

It’s “either career suicide or it’s the smartest decision we’ve ever made in our lives—and we won’t know for three to five years,” Kennedy told Bloomberg in 2012.

The windfall didn’t arrive for six years, but close enough. In July, Tilray Inc. became the first cannabis company to list its shares on ...

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