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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Kennedy has three children, and lives in Seattle.<ref name="Fortune">{{cite news |last1=Wieczner |first1=Jen |title=The marijuana billionaire who doesn't smoke weed |url=https://fortune.com/longform/marijuana-weed-cannabis-tilray-stock/ |access-date=8 February 2021 |work=Fortune |date=January 16, 2019}}</ref> He has said that "probably the hardest thing" about becoming rich was telling his in-laws.<ref name="The Times">{{cite news |last1=Rhys Blakely |first1=Rhys Blakely |title=Brendan Kennedy: from Silicon Valley to legal cannabis billionaire |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brendan-kennedy-from-silicon-valley-to-legal-cannabis-billionaire-mdkqndl6h |access-date=8 February 2021 |work=The Times |date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> He experimented with cannabis before founding Privateer Holdings.<ref name="moneyinc" />
Kennedy has two children, and lives in Seattle.<ref name="Fortune">{{cite news |last1=Wieczner |first1=Jen |title=The marijuana billionaire who doesn't smoke weed |url=https://fortune.com/longform/marijuana-weed-cannabis-tilray-stock/ |access-date=8 February 2021 |work=Fortune |date=January 16, 2019}}</ref> He has said that "probably the hardest thing" about becoming rich was telling his in-laws.<ref name="The Times">{{cite news |last1=Rhys Blakely |first1=Rhys Blakely |title=Brendan Kennedy: from Silicon Valley to legal cannabis billionaire |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brendan-kennedy-from-silicon-valley-to-legal-cannabis-billionaire-mdkqndl6h |access-date=8 February 2021 |work=The Times |date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> He experimented with cannabis before founding Privateer Holdings.<ref name="moneyinc" />


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Revision as of 22:14, 7 November 2021

Brendan Kennedy
Born1971 or 1972 (age 52–53)
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forCEO and co-founder, Privateer Holdings
CEO, Tilray
Children2

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.

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. ^ a b Parker, Garrett. "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. ^ a b c 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.