Mr. Redmond is the former cannabis analyst, co-founder of two hedge funds, and a leading California cannabis collective. He began his career at Franklin Templeton, was an early employee of Fisher Investments, and spent a decade co-managing multiple hedge funds. In this role, he allocated more than $1 billion to hedge fund strategies and conducted more than 1,000 due diligence visits around the world.

In 2016, he founded a dispensary outside of Santa Barbara, California, that became number one in its region. In 2020, he founded Higher Calling Consulting, where he helped investors find the best cannabis investments. Most recently, he was Head of Cannabis at Water Tower Research. Mr. Redmond holds a bachelor’s degree in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.