ABOUT MEGeorge Scorsis is a long-time entrepreneur who has founded, managed and financed organizations who specialize in highly regulated industries, like energy drinks, alcohol, medical cannabis and, most recently, biotechnology.
George Scorsis is the co-founder and chair of Awakn Life Sciences Corp., a biotechnology company with clinical operations, that develops and delivers psychedelic medicine to better treat addiction. Also, since February 2019, he has served as the executive chairman of Entourage Health, formerly known as WeedMD, a publicly traded company that produces cannabis products for both medical and recreational use, and also as the President of Mettrum Health. Before that, Scorsis held various leadership roles with the energy drink manufacturer Red Bull and was a manager for the spirits company Bacardi. As president of Red Bull Canada, Scorsis played a key role in restructuring the organization and growing the business to $150 million in revenue. George Scorsis holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from York University in Toronto and received executive education at Queen’s University in Kingston. As a child, he grew up in Toronto’s Scarborough Village, where he continues to support the local food bank. Also, he feels a strong affinity to Rhodes, Greece, his family’s place of origin, where he was able to spend summer vacations dating back to when he was just 6 years old. George Scorsis loves motorcycles, particularly the freedom and connection to the elements they provide. As an adult, he has enjoyed traveling the roads of his ancestral city in Greece on motorcycle. |