Michael Auerbach

Michael Auerbach is an entrepreneur, investor, business consultant, and private diplomat. He founded Subversive Capital as a vehicle to invest in radical companies whose core missions subvert the status quo and require sophisticated government and regulatory strategies for success. Michael is an expert in the global cannabis industry and is a significant shareholder and board director of both Tilray, Inc. and Privateer Holdings, Inc. Mr. Auerbach has served as Senior Vice President of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm since 2012, he also serves as a General Partner of Subversive Capital, a venture capital firm and a private investment fund focused on investing primarily in publicly listed securities of issuers in the cannabis industry which is in the initial stages of raising funds. Since June 2019, he has served as a director of Tuscan II, a Delaware blank check company seeking to complete its initial public offering. Since March 2019, he has served as a director of Tuscan Holdings, a Delaware blank check company that raised U.S.$276,000,000 in its initial public offering in March 2019 seeking to consummate an initial business combination. From September 2009 to July 2012, he was Vice President, Social Risk Consulting at Control Risks, a global risk consulting firm. From September 2010 to January 2011, he was also an Adjunct Professor at The New School for Social Research. From 2007 to 2009, he was Chief Executive Officer of Social Risks, LLC, a January 2004. Mr. Auerbach also sits on the boards of Privateer Holdings, Inc., Tilray, Inc., Duco Advisors, Inc., and MainBase, SA. He has an MA in International Relations from Columbia University and BA in Critical Theory from the New School.