The predominance of white men in the cannabis industry is a well-known and disheartening reality. But against the backdrop of pale, male and stale, New York-based cannabis investor and dealmaker Barbara (Bobbi) Paley, stands out like a flash of crimson. And if she has her way, the cannabis space is about to become a lot more vivid.
Bobbi grew up with a brilliant physicist father; her mother, a savvy entrepreneur, always kept a $100 bill in her bra, and parlayed a small inheritance into a small fortune. As a child, Bobbi remembers hearing her mother and grandmother discussing their stock market investments, and the message was noted loud and clear: that women can fully take charge of their financial destinies. (Read more on Forbes.com)
