Kim Geraghty

Kim is a French American entrepreneur currently residing in Los Angeles. Prior to her work at Ellipsis, Kim founded and led Madame Munchie, California’s award-winning luxury edibles brand. She has been recognized as a successful cannabis CEO and industry leader, speaking at conferences, conducting media interviews, and providing consulting services for leading cannabis firms. She obtained one of the first cultivation permits in Mendocino County.

Before entering the cannabis industry, Kim worked for leading financial institutions worldwide. In Paris, she worked in audit at KPMG on UCITS funds and in asset management at Lazard on the S&P 500 fund. In New York, Kim was an investment banker at Credit Suisse covering M&A, LBOs and IPOs for large tech clients. In San Francisco, she worked in venture capital at Next World Capital, specializing in consumer and enterprise technology startups.

Kim holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Strategy from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP, Paris) and is fluent in English, French and Spanish. She has lived in the U.S., France, and Costa Rica. She loves to bake, nurture entrepreneurial success, create Excel models, and travel.

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