The Cannabis Trade: An Industry Set to Take Off (w/ Jason Wild and Tony Greer)

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🗓️ 7 March 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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The Interview. Jason Wild, founder of JW Asset Management, sits down with Tony Greer, founder of TG Macro, to discuss his career journey from pharmacist to investor with a firm that oversees $1 billion through a mix of investments in pharmaceuticals and cannabis producers. Wild’s early success came from assembling Arbor Pharmaceuticals and later selling it to KKR in 2014 for a large profit. He used the proceeds to invest in major Canadian cannabis companies, and he has since become one of the first U.S. institutional investors in legal cannabis companies. Today he is building the global cannabis company TerrAscend, where he is Chairman. Recorded January 14, 2021 Key Learnings: Wild identifies the top cannabis stocks to invest in and why he focuses on operating in limited-license states where there is less competition. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped drive investor demand in the cannabis industry and states and voters are finally realizing that cannabis legalization is a solution to help revive the economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why are you listening to his podcast when they're a puddle to be jumped in?
0:05.3	Come on, let's get outside and take on autumn.
0:09.4	All the need is a pair of wales in a pot of patty for loo.
0:13.8	It's made with calcium and put them in D for immune support.
0:18.4	My mum says healthy mischief needs healthy bones.
0:23.0	And she knows best most of the time.
0:27.1	Take on autumn with patty for loo.
0:48.6	Hello real vision, it's Tony Greer from TG Macro.
0:51.4	I'm excited to have a conversation today with Jason Wilde of J.W.
0:55.3	Asset Management.
0:57.1	Jason started J.W. Asset Management in 1999 coming from a position of being a pharmacist.
1:03.6	Over the last 20 something years Jason has built his fund up to a $1.8 billion asset manager.
1:10.6	He's heavily involved in the cannabis space which we're going to get to.
1:14.0	But I really want to introduce Jason as a captain of industry that tells an amazing career story.
1:20.0	Jason, thank you for coming in and visiting us today.
1:23.1	I really appreciate it you made it into the city during a pandemic and we get to have a great
1:27.3	conversation now. So when my friend Todd Harrison calls me up and says that I have a friend that is
1:33.7	as wise as he is humble, I get really excited to meet people in the markets like that.
1:39.1	And you have been no disappointment since we started connecting.
1:42.5	So let's start right at the beginning.
1:44.6	I would love to discuss the beginning of your career and the path that got you to where you are.
1:50.1	And we're going to have a couple of questions along the way.
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