--- title: Tilray Is One of the 2021 TIME100 Most Influential Companies description: Find out why Tilray was selected for the inaugural list canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5949985/tilray/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-04-26T15:21:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T05:08:29.074Z og:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2021: Tilray og:description: Find out why Tilray is on the inaugural list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5949985/tilray/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf769ba3d91065045/698a18ea656a3f4c13bdb341/tilray-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2021: Tilray og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2021: Tilray twitter:description: Find out why Tilray is on the inaugural list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf769ba3d91065045/698a18ea656a3f4c13bdb341/tilray-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 26, 2021 # Tilray Commanding the cannabis market by [Don Steinberg](https://time.com/author/don-steinberg/) ## Don Steinberg  Edwin Remsberg—VWPics/Redux Irwin Simon was best known for creating a health-food giant before signing on to head Aphria, a cannabis company based in Canada, where recreational marijuana is legal. Separately, Brendan Kennedy went to Nanaimo, British Columbia, to launch [Tilray](https://time.com/5401225/tilray-stock/) after co-founding a private-equity firm to buy cannabis startups. Now they’re merging the two to form the world’s largest cannabis company by annual revenue—more than $685 million. Still, there’s room to grow. The plan going forward involves supporting studies that might widen approved medical targets, like epilepsy, pain and anxiety, and marketing consumer products like THC-infused drinks wherever recreational pot goes legit. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5949985/tilray/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5949985/tilray/"},"headline":"Tilray","datePublished":"2021-04-26T15:21:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T05:08:29.074Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5949985/tilray/","keywords":["Lists","franchise","TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf769ba3d91065045/698a18ea656a3f4c13bdb341/tilray-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Don Steinberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/don-steinberg/"}],"creator":"Don Steinberg","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf769ba3d91065045/698a18ea656a3f4c13bdb341/tilray-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5949985/tilray/","name":"Tilray"}}]}] ```