Meet The Billionaire King Of Rolling Papers | Forbes

[@jaydover346]

Raw > OCB

[@numbaonestunna4806]

Both the owners are racist and don’t smoke

[@danferdinand9419]

I met Don in 7th grade when 3 different CPS grade schools merged their respective 7th and 8th grades into what was known as Von Upper Grade School. Don was a very nice classmate, but I never imagined the journey ahead of him and the cover of Forbes! He appears as being very humble and I'm very happy for him.

[@pirovanomg]

No reason this wouldn't be scripted, but this guy is such a concise storyteller; I love it.

[@SHAAFreeSh]

Mr Levin is an incredibly interesting person. My Grandfather worked at and eventually owned the Nortown Oldsmobile dealership that Mr Levin briefly mentions in this video, and I believe thats how they met. He and My Grandfather were very close, and there was a huge level of trust and respect between them, like brothers. I've heard many stories from both of them and it makes me so happy to see this video. See you at the Wolves games in October as always!

[@guybeingaguy]

Just a honest guy with a brain. He just took the road life steered him down and did pretty well I’d say.

[@PlatinumHustle]

Interesting last name

[@onlyjoinedtotroll]

Meh, I know a family member of his and he's awful towards him..

[@Mr--_--M]

I just don’t like the fact there are so many people still in jail right now over the same thing that is now legal. And I don’t even smoke, this system is just rigged.

[@mr10ts]

No kidding, and this guys making bags of money off the product it’s smoked in

[@meatmachine449]

The money system is rigged, they don’t want people to make their own money and to realize that they don’t need this stupid system that works against their interest.

[@marvinbowie9226]

Yeah Life isn't far

[@SuperSlimshady1]

Yup very rigged

[@premiumoctane8539]

Guess I'll stop buying Zig Zag, guy doesn't even smoke, and he's the one that sued RAW and all that bs.

[@dazednotconfused1503]

Thank you!!

[@jaidipchariharan759]

How cool they released the video on 04/20!

[@JuanDavid-ke2xq]

The way he described his company in the beginning was interesting. He never mentioned the word tobacco or pot or the negative perception it has.

[@morechune6119]

I wish they would’ve covered Josh Kesselman from RAW instead of this boot. This guy has major politician energy.

[@ReeferMadness999]

S/O to all the stoners worldwide.🌍 PEACE & LOVE

[@Thomas-lv9se]

Ugh... I know why I prefer RAW. Josh is such a good person and this video just shows that OCB is a company trying to earn as much money as possible not actually caring about the customer. And now that RAW is successful they try to copy products. Just buy RAW, man... have some self-respect.

[@celebratingtheclassicswithearl]

Thank You for the great service in North America ❤️🌱

[@Daman11P]

Support RAW instead. This dude doesn’t care for the art of rolling papers at all, just market share.

[@Zestypanda]

This comment aged poorly.

[@djcutz]

Raw Papers way better.

[@TheMoen22]

He said from the beginning he wasnt passionate about paper or quality. It was all about the money.

[@iamjasonlevin]

Great video! I quit smoking weed 4 years ago, but this was still super fun to watch haha.

[@michaelykwon]

Why and how did u quit?

[@albertmurasira1778]

How did you do it? I've been struggling to quit for sometime now, it's a bit hard for me to quit completely because I always fall back into smocking it.

[@iamjasonlevin]

@@albertmurasira1778 The big thing they say is "people, places, and things". I stopped hanging out with a lot of my pot-smoking friends and going to concerts. It was hard for me, but needed to do it and move on with my life. I quit drinking as well so that helped because I wasnt making stupid decisions drunk. Honestly the biggest thing is finding something to replace the high weed brings you. Find other hobbies, drink coffee, start learning new things, read books. There's a lot more to life than getting stoned

[@gjmbarusha6999]

“Find smart people and leave them alone.” 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@atypocrat1779]

The interview is with Don Levin, the chairman of the Republic Group, a group of companies involved in the rolling paper business. Don Levin founded the business in the late 1960s after leaving his job at Nortel Oldsmobile in Chicago. The Republic Group's main brand is OCB, and they also have other brands such as Zig Zag, Job, and Easy Wider. They source their hemp paper from Champagne, France, and they know the farmers who grow the hemp. He also talked about his encounter with Patrick Emery of JOB in Paris and how he got into the business of distributing JOB papers in the United States. He believes that legalization of marijuana would change things dramatically, and the deciding factor would be taxes. Don Levin believes in risk-taking and entrepreneurship.

[@jrapp2684]

Ok bot

[@d.gilliard3645]

You know the farmers growing your hemp, but do those farmers know a decent percentage of those billion $ profits?

[@s0meDude101]

no because those farmers didn't put in their equity/capital to take on the risk of launching the billion dollar business. why is it that all you brainwashed-at-college pseudo-socialists only want equality and distribution when things go favourably? If this man's company was to have a bad quarter and lose tens and hundreds of million do you equally expect the farmer to take on some of the burden of that loss and forfeit his cash?

[@TakeHerTo303]

This is the guy going after Raw?

[@Foodgloriousfoodish]

😂😂😂😂😂 yeah ok bro.

[@CryptoTonight9393]

As far as I'm aware this is the company who had been suing raw multiple times

[@dazednotconfused1503]

@@CryptoTonight9393 according to Josh on the podcast they hired a private investigator to follow him around Vegas to see if he was into some shady stuff and they just found out that he was smoking a lot

[@guybeingaguy]

Interesting story 👍. Didn’t expect much after reading its title.

[@02nupe]

Quality content.

[@Cool-fx3yg]

RAW is better!

[@kingstonstreet3726]

Interesting timing,4/20😂

[@nothanks4204]

Most innovative? This guy singlehandedly owns all of the worst rolling paper brands 😭

[@haydenriggsnz]

Really interesting business story and Man, really enjoyed.

[@Trapphausmusic]

Cool story, the American dream

[@judasplow25]

Salt of the earth this guy. Gotta love that pioneer American can do spirit!

[@foodbythewordmedia]

Very interesting and informative!

[@adriansaninja]

Raw is better shoulda done a story on him

[@vonwolly2]

Incredible story smart guy

[@Steve-tq5ei]

This guy tried to put RAW papers out of business by creating fake allegations

[@touchofgrey5372]

I KNEW it! With a last name like LEVIN there HAD to be a shady side of his past; and there it is!

[@chadrichardson2979]

👃

[@ghostmanscores1666]

BOT THREAD

[@denzel1832]

10:54 grandpa needs to chill

[@CoreyChambersLA]

I don't usually smoke pot, but I can roll a joint.

[@ashred9665]

you are the kind of friend i can depend on...

[@snoopanoop7705]

Happy 420

[@lu-bo6yh]

I love these videos. Interesting billions

[@ishalmania]

There has been huge negative news about RAW papers for months and suddenly he appears.. I guess someone got hungry for raws market share 🤤

[@deepdude4719]

The pictures are better than the camera angles.

[@juniorkhan650]

So this is the guy trying to throw RAW under the bus smh

[@jitbhatia2139]

We did business with mr levin in 1980 he owned ADAMS APPLE WE SOLD HIS COMPANY PIPES FROM INDIA WHAT A GREAT PERSON I OWN MAHARAJAS/TEMPLE MECCA FOR HIPPIES IN BUSINESS FOR FIVE DECADES LOVE AMERIICA

[@Rccrazy77]

Who else is smoking a joint ! Watching this

[@hypebunny]

Legit guy ❤❤❤

[@Johnny-xf9mp]

Excellent vid

[@johngoodwin2384]

I’m a Rizzla guy but these will do. 🧙🏼‍♂️

[@versatilicallydisobayish5367]

Randy’s with the wire used to be paper of choice

[@christophemitchell9303]

Wow I am high motivated I want to also start a brand of rolling papers 🇧🇸

[@bobby8737]

JOB for life. Thanks Levin

[@frasermarr1377]

Aint these companies the ones that went after Raw and Josh?

[@ricksanchez7646]

Yea

[@Mahmoud-mk9rw]

This was freakin awesome might I add

[@gahd]

RAW Papers for me!

[@sajithchannadathu7902]

Congrats Forbes , Great business Model. Making Really Rich Unknown business people Famous. Angd get a fee for that

[@TjCox1993]

legendary !!!

[@albertmurasira1778]

I wonder if he knows how to roll a joint.🤔😅

[@94462]

Bro he probably invented the technique lmfao

[@paulchristopherlittle]

expert!!

[@zuperlle6175]

I bet dude could roll one with one hand while drunk, pure muscle memory to him by now

[@johnathanfisher8463]

RAW spelled backwards is WAR!

[@Preethem1997]

ocb is litrally what xerox is to the photocopy industry

[@ThePrescriptionMRJ]

🔥🔥

[@jaydover346]

Josh Kessleman?

[@dhuramc-qo9nz]

Smoking green hemp paper

[@Mahmoud-mk9rw]

I’ve invested heavily with this company trust me when I say heavily lol

[@louisepitts5221]

Its privately owned

[@JahidAfridiJr.-np7uy]

I love how he Never Mentioned Cannabis I hate how people end in Jail for Marijuana of course now it's legal Rolling Papers are known for Pot & Tobacco for some I'm thinking of buying a pound of Menthol Tobacco & Rolling Papers Job are French Zig-Zag are French Rolling Papers imo are better than Spain Rolling Papers!

[@jamesmisener3006]

Never knew. Smart guy. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@chrisylok]

OCB is def top brand. I love rolling my flower, and man it’s a ritual. I do hate their zig zag brand. Paper is not that good

[@lesreed8803]

A artificial cigar PARAPHERNALIA SMOKING PIPE LOAD -&- PUFF💨

[@KRollSweets]

He’s rolling in the dough 😅

[@vapeking466]

Imagine being a Billionaire from rolling papers of all things! 🤷

[@lesreed8803]

Excuse Me Sir What are the chances of making a Cigar💨 converted infused with a smoking apparatus bong with the image of a cigar 💨

[@anchorbubba]

he had too think about what he should call the republic 💀💀

[@jaydover346]

Dude is a snake

[@Harley.Davidson]

Never use your own product. 🎉

[@mozezcen-valley7555]

12:00 it's not really going to make you sell more papers but will open you up two more clients that are new to the marijuana seen by legalizing so you would probably somewhere papers also again it opens the market for others to invent or make their own products and put on the market and shelves to sell

[@rockbottomrhythm_blues]

With all the jargon and the crude Chicago accent I can't figure out what this guy's saying.

[@pabloandresgarzariosblanco2438]

Is the stock of this company public???

[@Sumtoshi]

Whoever made the video and did the edits should be fired. This was a good story with a horrible video

[@SomeDudeWalking]

For real, we don't need a vintage film camera filter, and we especially don't need the camera pointed at the back of his head in some of the segments. This was laughably bad.

[@skiplee5490]

Got rich off of cigarette and marijuana addicts.

[@MrMarioski]

Slugworth

[@adamfrbs9259]

I'll tell ya to your face what you should do, can ya get me a massive line of credit in a foreign country and sell me the company please. Thanks! Lol

[@bovineexcrement8635]

It's a big Club and we aren't in it

[@nickb8006]

Exactly. I just bought more of 'that stock' today. Reviva Pharmaceuticals, RVPH (phase 3 readout this summer for their schizophrenia candidate) & still only a $120 million marketcap. If it works out.. it is easily worth a billion dollars. Look at the total addressable market for schizophrenia. So i just doubled down on my position and took the risk!!

[@beatnick2957]

Bro stop trying to be Josh Kesselman lmao

[@joshJ.]

EZ Widers Ultra light the best

[@forward_ever_ever2595]

Lol...this guy. Bold movements. After smoking pot for 21 years i call it quits now 5years ago...so these are the guys i've been getting my paper from all those years...hmm interesting.

[@smburton8338]

"white papers are ok" very subtle 🙄

[@FadedHeroFound]

RAW and Josh > OCB Billionaire Don

[@edwardmussmann2684]

SMOKE ON THAT JOSH!!!

[@fghost9010]

🎉

[@GardenGuano]

real smokers roll up Vibe Papers

[@desivega9464]

yall hating but dude bout his $$ i smoke raw tho lol

[@starboyop7344]

Weed main trust tha trust hain or rahega😊 daruu mc tha mc hain mc rahega😂

[@premiumoctane8539]

Seriously, can't even roll one? This guy sucks.

[@smurfraper1]

Monopolies are a bad thing and it's terrible this guy was able to buy all these companies with nobody saying anything

[@Brokeloco]

Damm it takes so long to become rich ..

[@h4ck3z]

why are jews mainly in the rolling paper industry

[@chuckscott-cy7iq]

Somebody's gotta do it. Why not them?

[@WillieBohiee]

Who cares ??

[@razorburns8651]

.any real pot smoker uses a bong