MJIC Inc CEO and leadership

Sturges Karban is CEO of MJIC, California's first and leading omni-channel cannabis distribution company, supporting the legal movement of product across the state and beyond

He has more than 17 years of experience across an array of industries, including banking, metals and mining, energy, real estate, technology, and media and entertainment.

After graduating from Harvard University in 2000, Mr. Karban began his career in investment banking in the Private Capital Group of Robertson Stephens. In 2002, he joined Jefferies & Company, helping to establish an investment banking practice focused on the financial services industry in the firm’s Boston office. In 2004, Mr. Karban co-founded KarEd, a residential real estate development company that purchased, rehabilitated, and managed 15 multi-tenant residential buildings Hartford, Connecticut over two years. KarEd sold its portfolio of assets to a regional development company in late 2006.

In 2006, Mr. Karban assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer and Director for Cutting Edge Music Services, a leading provider of music services and financing solutions to the independent film and television marketplace. In this capacity, Mr. Karban has been involved in providing musical elements, services, and financing to over 100 feature films and television programs. He was also instrumental in structuring a portfolio of businesses that invest in the music publishing and master recording rights of the music created for feature films and television programs.

Presently, this group of entities presently manages more than US$100 million in intellectual property assets; through 2011, Mr. Karban acted as the Chair of the Commitment Committees of these vehicles.