Ryan G. Smith

Prior to co-founding LeafLink, Ryan G. Smith successfully started and exited two companies, one of which he sold to a NYSE public firm. Smith brings his experience creating and managing B2B firms and online marketplace investment in highly-regulated spaces to cannabis as LeafLink’s chief executive officer. In 2016, he was the first CEO of a cannabis company to be listed on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list. In February 2018, LeafLink was the first company in the cannabis space to make Fast Company’s 2018 Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Enterprise. Smith currently serves on the board for the Jeffrey Modell Foundation and is an active lender through Kiva, an online community that helps fund primarily women-owned businesses in developing countries.