HIGH FINANCE

These eight billionaires have been on the frontlines of the cannabis revolution, whether by starting their own weed companies, agitating for legalization or lighting up on a livestream.

1. Jeff Bezos • Net worth: $208.3 billion

In June, before Bezos stepped down as Amazon’s CEO, the company announced it would begin lobbying politicians to pass federal cannabis legalization.

2. Elon Musk • $161.3 billion

In 2018, Tesla’s CEO famously smoked a blunt on Joe Rogan’s podcast and tweeted that he was “considering taking Tesla private at $420,” dog-whistling the marijuana holiday.

3. Bill Gates • $130.3 billion

In 2014, Microsoft’s cofounder revealed that he had voted to legalize weed in his home state of Washington.

4. Dustin Moskovitz • $25 billion

The Facebook cofounder has supported legalization since 2010, when he donated $70,000 to an unsuccessful ballot initiative in California.

5. Beau Wrigley • $3.3 billion

The heir to the chewing gum fortune is the CEO of Parallel, a pot company that is going public via SPAC at a $1.8 billion valuation.

6. Sean Parker • $2.7 billion

The Napster cofounder and first president of Facebook donated millions to Proposition 64, a 2016 California ballot initiative that legalized recreational use in the Golden State.

7. Boris Jordan • $2.1 billion

The chairman of Curaleaf, one of the world’s largest cannabis companies, became the first person to make a billion-dollar fortune from pot in 2019.

8. Jay-Z • $1.4 billion

The hip-hop mogul’s high-end marijuana brand, Monogram, sells $50 premium hand-rolled joints.