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From Convicted Felon to Cannabis Mogul: The Incredible Story of Chris Ball
Green Entrepreneur
English - February 24, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Careers cannabiz cannabis entrepreneur green Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Chris Ball is the founder of Ball Family Farms—the first vertically-integrated social equity brand in Los Angeles. The company is Black-owned and Black led, in an industry that could certainly use more people of color. Chris’s long and winding journey into the business is fascinating. A former star linebacker for Cal State, who did pro stints in the CFL and European NFL, Chris was convicted of a cannabis crime and had his life turned upside down. This how he turned everything around.