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Jonathan Black

CEO

Cheech and Chong Global Holdings

Jonathan Black is an accomplished entrepreneur and business attorney, with experience in real estate, entertainment, tech, retail, cannabis, and law. Jonathan earned his bachelor’s degree at University of San Diego and after completing law school, he founded Weston Law Group PC. In 2010, he took on the role as compliance director and advisor. As compliance director and advisor, the company gained larger government contracts and greatly expanded their employee and consumer bandwidth.  Since 2012 Jonathan has established and managed a real estate fund with over 200 million in assets, produced two films in Hollywood with theatrical releases, and in 2017 started in cannabis with a statewide cannabis delivery company. In 2019 Jonathan became the COO of Mediajel, a cannabis Adtech company. Jonathan currently sits as Chairman of the board for Tradeshare. With multiple successive exits Jonathan still retains ownership and board positions in companies he has founded or been an executive with. Jonathan resides in the Bay area with his amazing and insightful wife and three beautiful children.