Steven Ernest is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Sharp Capital Advisors. Steven began his career at J.P. Morgan and leverages a decade of experience in the capital markets, as well as five years in the cannabis industry to advise owner/operators and investors alike in the cannabis space.

Steven began his career in cannabis by co-founding Mazakali in San Francisco. He then joined Viridian Capital Advisors to lead business development efforts in raising capital for cannabis companies. In addition to advising companies, Steven has also been an angel investor in the cannabis space since 2015 and sits on the finance committee for Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

Prior to joining the cannabis industry, Steven spent nearly a decade in the capital markets across institutional sales, trading, investment banking, business development,  client relationship management, wealth advisory, and investment planning.