after the overwhelming success of last years benzinga cannabis capital conference the team is returning to florida april 1112 2023 with awesome events simultaneously taking place on two stages at miami beachs historic fontainebleau hotel to celebrate individuals entrepreneurs and organizations doing amazing things in the cannabis industry benzinga has invited mike gorenstein ceo of cronos group inc cron cron with vast experience in mergers and acquisitions the ivy leaguetrained lawyer ventured into the cannabis industry early starting off as ceo of the canadian licensed producer of cannabis in the spring of 2016 in 2020 he transitioned to the executive chairman role at cronos only to return as chairman president and ceo in march 2022 gorenstein is also a cofounder and passive member of gotham green partners cronos was one of the first pureplay cannabis stocks to join a major us exchange in 2018 at first the companys core operations involved medical marijuana but once canada opened its doors to recreational weed the company seized the opportunity and jumped in in 2021 cronos made a 1104 million investment in the us multistate operator pharmacann obtaining a 105 stake and positioning itself for entire operations once cannabis becomes legal on the federal level in the country before joining cronos gorenstein was the vice president and general counsel at alphabet partners lp a new york citybased multistrategy investment management firm focused on identifying mispriced assets across various industry classes and geographies he also served as a corporate attorney at sullivan  cromwell llp focusing on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions come and meet mike gorenstein in person and other extraordinary cannabis executives investors and entrepreneurs lets network and learn together join us in april at the benzinga cannabis capital conference and stay at miami beachs historic fontainebleau hotel dont miss out on a chance to hear about future market forecasts and worldly advice on investing and finance from those embedded in the cannabis industry buy your tickets here before prices go up book your room here