Interview with The Hydropothecary Corp’s CEO, Sebastien St. Louis
Run time – 15:00 (Transcript below)
Published 8/13/2018
Transcript:
David Kretzmann: I’m David Kretmann, advisor of Marijuana Mavericks, and joining me on the line today we have a special guest, the co-founder and CEO of The Hydropothecary Corporation, Sébastien St. Louis. Sébastien, thanks so much for taking the time, and I thought we could just jump right into it. For those who aren’t familiar with the story of Hydropothecary can you give us a background on what led to the founding of the company?
Sébastien: Thanks very much for having me David, and for Hydropothecary, now, HEXO corporation it was founded five years ago, and it came from an idea sitting around a campfire. When I was sitting with one of my good friends who works for Health Canada who mentioned that there was legalization, this was back in July 2013, a long time ago, that mentioned there was legalization of the medical cannabis, and I thought it was a tremendous opportunity. I’m an ex-manufacturer by trade and I’ve been a financier in the banks before that, and so this really brought together an ability to go back to my entrepreneurial roots, and get into the manufacturing sector in a strong cash flow business, so that’s why I got into it.