Coss Marte knows this firsthand. At 39, he's running Conbud, a legal cannabis business pulling in around $800,000 a month. But rewind 16 years.

When Coss Marte left prison in 2013, he had just $40 in his pocket and a dream born in a 6x9-foot cell. 24/7 Live New York City New Jersey Long Island Northern Suburbs Connecticut.

Conbody, a prison-style bootcamp workout, was developed by Coss Marte while he was incarcerated.He lost 70 pounds in six months in his 9-by-6-foot solitary confinement cell doing body weight and ...

Coss Marte, Founder & CEO, ConBody speaks onstage at the WIRED Business Conference 2015. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for WIRED) Getty Images for WIRED New York State is now accepting its ...

Coss Marte's transformation from convict to CEO embodies the shift towards social equity in the booming legal cannabis industry. Get ahead of Wall Street reactions—Benzinga Pro delivers signals, ...

A lot can change in 16 years. In 2009, a drug conviction landed Coss Marte a seven-year prison sentence. This year, Marte expects to bring in as much as $12 million selling cannabis legally. Marte ...

A lot can change in 16 years. In 2009, a drug conviction landed Coss Marte a seven-year prison sentence. This year, Marte expects to bring in as much as $12 million selling cannabis legally.

A lot can change in 16 years. In 2009, a drug conviction landed Coss Marte a seven-year prison sentence. This year, Marte expects to bring in as much as $12 million selling cannabis legally ...

In 2023, Coss Marte opened the first adult-use cannabis dispensary on Manhattan's Lower East Side — the same neighborhood where he once sold drugs illegally.