Brendan Kennedy (businessman)

Brendan Kennedy (born 1971 or 1972)[1] is an American businessman, CEO and a co-founder of Privateer Holdings, along with Michael Blue and Christian Groh, and the former CEO of Tilray.

Brendan Kennedy
Born1971 or 1972 (age 51–52)
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forCEO and co-founder, Privateer Holdings
CEO, Tilray
Children2

Early life

Kennedy is the sixth of seven children of a San Francisco family.[2]

Kennedy earned a BA in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1993,[3] an MS in Engineering from the University of Washington in 1995, and an MBA from Yale University in 2005.[4][5][6]

Career

Kennedy previously worked at SVB Analytics, an affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank, as did Christian Groh.[5]

Kennedy is the former CEO of Tilray.[7] In 2019, his total compensation from Tilray was $3.48 million, down from $31.82 million in 2018.[8]

According to Bloomberg L.P., as of September 2018, Kennedy has a net worth of at least US$2.4 billion.[5] Tilray stock later collapsed and as of February 2021, Kennedy is worth $238 million.[9]

Personal life

Kennedy has two children, and lives in Seattle.[10] He has said that "probably the hardest thing" about becoming rich was telling his in-laws.[11] He experimented with cannabis before founding Privateer Holdings.[2]

References
  1. "Peter Thiel rakes in billions with stake in Canadian marijuana company Tilray". afr.com. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. Parker, Garrett (26 January 2019). "Brendan Kennedy: The Marijuana Billionaire Who Doesn't Smoke". moneyinc. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. "From Construction to Cannabis: Alum Brendan Kennedy Leads First Medical Marijuana Company to Go Public". Berkeley. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. "Brendan Kennedy". Tilray. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  5. Tom Metcalf, Reade Pickert, and Craig Giammona (19 September 2018). "The Pot Rally Just Minted Three New Billionaires". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 20 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "Brendan Kennedy". The Marque. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  7. Dorbian, Iris. "Canada's Tilray Pops In Milestone U.S. IPO Debut". forbes.com. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  8. Kilgore, Tomi (April 30, 2020). "Tilray CEO Brendan Kennedy gets a 35% raise in base pay in 2019, but total compensation tumbles". marketwatch. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  9. "Brendan Kennedy Net Worth (2021) – wallmine.com". wallmine.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  10. Wieczner, Jen (January 16, 2019). "The marijuana billionaire who doesn't smoke weed". Fortune. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  11. Rhys Blakely, Rhys Blakely (October 26, 2019). "Brendan Kennedy: from Silicon Valley to legal cannabis billionaire". The Times. Retrieved 8 February 2021.


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