A former “Wolf of Wall Street” has his eyes on another pot of gold.
Dean Petkanas’ new company is among the 43 entities vying for one of five lucrative medical marijuana licenses in New York state — an eclectic group that includes a hospital group whose boss previously worked for an ex-governor, and two nursing home operators who run a facility at the center of a recent scandal.
“Now it’s a waiting game,” said Petkanas, who worked for three years at Stratton Oakmont, the pump-and-dump brokerage featured in the 2013 Martin Scorsese-directed film.
He now heads Long Island-based medical marijuana company KannaLife Sciences, which is eyeing 700 acres in Buffalo for a “green” grow site.
