Chris Webber

NBA All-Star Player

Chris Webber is a former five-time NBA All-Star, five-time All-NBA Team member and NBA Rookie of the Year and number one overall NBA draftee who has brought his entrepreneurial spirit and passion for advancing social equity and modern wellness solutions to the emerging cannabis industry. 

Most recently, Webber partnered with Jason Wild, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of JW Asset Management, to launch the WebberWild Impact Fund. The $100 million private equity cannabis impact fund seeks to diversify leadership within the cannabis industry by investing in entrepreneurs of color and providing them with a vast network of resources to support operational growth for long-term success. In addition, the WebberWildWillis Foundation mirrors the work of the fund by uplifting and enriching black and brown communities negatively affected by the war on drugs by supporting local organizations efforts including but not limited to expungement clinics, commissary programs, job training and education through our partnership with Cookies.   Furthermore, Webber launched Players Only Holdings with entrepreneur, Lavetta Willis, focused on four strategic business areas; real estate development, the Players Only Premium Cannabis brand and cultivation, brand partnerships and creative content development and management. Prior to entering the cannabis space, he co-founded Webber-Gilbert Productions, an independent production company, alongside world-renowned filmmaker Peter Gilbert. To date, the company has produced 30 films, including the Emmy-nominated documentary Charmed City. Webber-Gilbert Productions recently partnered with Cashmere Agency’s content studio, Cashmere Originals, to create Fab Five, a scripted limited series about Webber’s upbringing in Detroit and the 1991 Michigan Wolverines, otherwise known as “Fab Five,” the greatest recruiting class in the history of the NCAA.