Paul King (born May 26, 1984) is a business executive and entrepreneur. King was the
founder
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Places
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* Founders Park, a waterside park in Islamorada, Florida
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Founders (''Star Trek''), the ali ...
and
chief executive officer
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of Cannafornia.
Prior to Cannafornia, King was founder and
chief executive officer
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of
Hercules Networks,
as well as a member of the board
and founding partner at G.C. Media, Inc. Earlier in his career he was the founder and C.E.O. of International Sales Team Realty. King expanded International Sales Team Realty by developing Chase Mortgage Center and New Wave Title Company.
In the late 2000s', King developed and marketed a commercially successful lines of mobile charging stations, known as goCharge stations.
King came up with the idea when a dead cell phone caused him to miss a flight during his college years.
[Cell Phone Dead?]
CNN Money
King has been featured on CNN News, NBC, BusinessWeek,
MediaWeek, and has been quoted and featured on a number of news and media outlets. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.
In 2017 King founded Cannafornia, cannabis cultivation company.
Cannafornia has 200,000 square feet of greenhouse space on two properties in Salinas, California. This includes 35,000 square feet of nursery space where the company breeds its own strains.
Across its brands and 13 user accounts, Cannafornia has more than 1 million followers on social media.
As of September 2023, King is a first year law student at Catholic University Columbus School of Law.
References
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Living people
American chief executives of manufacturing companies
1984 births
Carnegie Mellon University alumni