BERRIN NOORATA

Strategic Communications

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TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2021: Tilray

Find out why Tilray is on the inaugural list

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Jay-Z Joins Push to Boost Minority-Owned Cannabis Businesses

The rapper is creating a $10 million fund to invest in startups, saying people of color have missed out on the marijuana boom.

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COMPLEX: Jay-Z Joins New Cannabis Company as Chief Visionary Officer

Jay-Z recently announced that he is launching his first marijuana brand called Monogram, and now he's joining yet another weed-related business venture.

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Billboard: Jay-Z: Marijuana Mogul? He Joins New Cannabis Venture as Chief Visionary Officer

Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. has acquired two California-based cannabis brands and named Jay-Z chief visionary officer of the newly-formed TPCO.

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The Growthop: Jay-Z named chief visionary officer following historic cannabis deal

“The brands we build will pave a new path forward for a legacy rooted in equity, access and justice.”

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BBC News: Jay-Z to be new cannabis company's 'chief visionary officer'

The rapper and entrepreneur will act as "chief visionary officer" for the new weed brand TPCO.

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Harvard Business Review: Tilray’s CEO on Becoming the First Mover in a Controversial Industry

The author could see a global future for medical cannabis.

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Leafly: Three Lives Transformed by Post-Legalization Pardons of Cannabis Offenses

Learn the stories of three individuals whose lives were transformed by post-cannabis legalization pardons of their pre-legalization convictions.

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The New York Times: Can CBD Really Do All That?

How one molecule from the cannabis plant came to be seen as a therapeutic cure-all.

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Wall Street Journal: A CEO Tries to Navigate the Legal Cannabis Sector’s Bad Trip

Brendan Kennedy made Tilray the first marijuana firm to go public on Nasdaq, but the industry now faces too many greenhouses and too little investor interest.

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Reuters: Sunny Portugal: A gateway to Europe's medical pot market

Famous for its roasted suckling pig and wines, the Portuguese city of Cantanhede...

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The Globe and Mail: Tilray IPO blazed a trail few other cannabis companies will follow

Because of the difficulty and time involved in listing on a U.S. exchange, most find it far easier and quicker to go public in Canada

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A Tilray é o nome maior da indústria de produção de canábis para fins medicinais em Portugal. Já investiu 20 milhões de euros e tem intenção de chegar até aos 100 milhões. “Queremos estar a exportar daqui para uma dúzia de países até ao final do ano”, diz Brendan Kennedy, presidente-executivo da empresa canadiana. Um …

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FORTUNE: The Marijuana Billionaire Who Doesn’t Smoke Weed

With the help of Big Beer and Big Pharma, Brendan Kennedy’s Canadian cannabis company Tilray has unexpectedly become America’s gateway to the legal marijuana industry.

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Facilitating Growth & Inspiration: An Interview with Berrin Noorata, VP of Communications at Irisa

Pretty Elevated by Irisa is a one-of-a-kind pop-up space which holds community-building at its core. The concept is developed by Irisa — a woman-led wellness brand that "amplifies the female voice in the masculine cannabis space.

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System Magazine: ‘The office is more boring than people might imagine.’

Medical marijuana entrepreneur, Brendan Kennedy on why marijuana could be luxury’s new frontier.

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Vanity Fair: One Love, Rasta-Chic Resort and Spa from the Marley Family

“Lets get together and feel alright…” In spirit of Bob Marley