The Cannabis 50 2021 Impact Review honors the businesses, investors, advocates and organizations that made a positive impact on the cannabis and hemp industries in 2021.
Our 50 honorees are organized into five core areas:
Doing Well: Entrepreneurs and organizations expanding financial, operational, and environmental horizons.
Doing Good: Nonprofits, activists, and others undoing social harms, advocating through reform, supporting sustainability, and providing equitable opportunity.
Money Talks: Investors, lobbyists, and others opening the avenues of capital fueling an emerging industry.
Knowledge is Power: Researchers, educators, and others raising awareness and sharing the benefits of cannabis.
All the Lights: Athletes, entertainers, and influencers mainstreaming cannabis culture and giving back to the community.
See all our nominees in the Cannabis 50 2021 Impact Review…
The Cannabis 50 celebrates the organizations, individuals, and companies who are working to build a responsible, sustainable, and equitable future for the cannabis, hemp, and related industries. In addition to the 2021 Cannabis 50 Impact Review, we are also sharing interviews with our honorees to help spread their messages of positivity and growth.
Swipe to view all the conversations with our Cannabis 50.
In a year that brought many changes to the industry, Orlando-based nonprofit Minorities for Medical Marijuana stayed steadfast in its mission to providing…
MGO sat down with co-founder Debra Borchardt, a financial journalist and former Wall Street executive, to learn more about what about the cannabis industry…
Our Academy was launched by Our Dream in Los Angeles with the sheer purpose of offering resources designed to uplift and empower underrepresented founders in…
MATTIO Communications strives to tell the cannabis story—and it does it successfully. The New York-based agency is the largest marketing and communications…
Headquartered in Florida, Trulieve Cannabis Corp. is the state’s first and leading medical cannabis company—and one of the largest multi-state operators in…
The Parent Company is California’s largest vertically integrated omnichannel cannabis platform. Troy Datcher came onboard as CEO in August 2021 as the first…
Fab 5 Freddy is one of the primary architects of the street art movement and wears many hats—visual artist, filmmaker, and hip-hop pioneer are just a few.
We sat down with Berner to hear more about his passion for the industry, where he thinks the industry’s headed, and what Cookies will tackle next.
Publicly traded and based in Chicago, Cresco Labs Inc. is the leading wholesaler of branded cannabis products in the United States for 2021.
An AmLaw100 law firm with more than 60 attorneys working from coast to coast to represent its cannabis practice, Fox Rothschild LLP is nationally ranked and…
TILT Holdings is a combination of leading cannabis companies delivering products and services to businesses in 36 states and a variety of countries…
JW Asset Management, a registered investment advisor, has $1.1 billion in assets—and roughly $700 million of that is deployed in the cannabis sector.
Formed by a former Navy SEAL with the mission to uncover the benefits and potential risks of cannabis in medicine, Biopharmaceutical Research Company (BRC)…
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