Josh was one of four Founders of Grassroots Cannabis (GR Companies, Inc.) a Chicago-based multi-state cannabis company that was founded in 2014 with a sale exit of the company in July 2020 for approximately $850 million.  

Starting with three successful dispensary license applications in Illinois, Josh and his partners built Grassroots to the largest privately-held cannabis company in the United States and the 5th largest cannabis company including all the publicly traded cannabis companies up until the company’s sale. Grassroots was sold to Curaleaf, the world’s largest cannabis company. Josh was instrumental in capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and oversaw all real estate site selection, and municipal and governmental approvals for the company’s cultivation, processing and retail store footprints.