Cannabis Mogul Boris Jordan To Take The Reins At Marijuana Giant Curaleaf
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (TSX:CURA) (OTCQX:CURLF) has appointed its executive chairman Boris Jordan to become the company’s CEO, effective Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.
From his beginnings on Wall Street in the 1980s to building and overseeing one of the largest cannabis companies on the East Coast, Jordan has come a long way.
Jordan’s rise began on Wall Street in 1987 when he worked for the now-defunct investment firm Kidder Peabody with a focus on Latin America. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, he assisted Russia’s economic transition to capitalism and the launch of the Russian stock market.
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Around 2013, Jordan began eyeing the U.S. cannabis industry. Drawing from his experience in Europe, he said that pursuing opportunities in the U.S. cannabis space is similar to investing in Russia – barriers to entry were and still are incredibly difficult.
He was the founding investor …