Chuck Rifici (born Charles Orifici) is a Canadian entrepreneur, former CEO of Tweed Marijuana Inc, and former CFO of the Liberal Party of Canada.[1] He has been tagged "the godfather of Canadian weed".[2]
Background
Chuck Rifici got an MBA from Queen's University. He launched a software startup as a second-year engineering student at the University of Ottawa.[3] Rifici served as CFO of Select Start Studios, Marchwell Ventures Ltd, Impatica Inc, and of Cybersurf Corp.[4]
In 2011, Rifici was appointed CFO of Liberal Party of Canada by interim party leader Bob Rae, an appointment upheld by incoming Liberal leader Justin Trudeau.[5]