Kayvan Khalatbari

Kayvan Khalatbari (Kayvan Soorena Tyler Khalatbari-Limaki) is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, advocate, and former 2019 mayoral candidate in Denver, Colorado. He is co-founder and partner of several successful businesses including a Denver-based pizza chain, a free arts magazine, an international cannabis consulting firm, and the longest continually operated cannabis company in Denver prior to the sale of its licenses to country music legend Willie Nelson. He is co-founder and partner in Sexpot Comedy, a comedy collective based in Denver, Colorado, and is active as a volunteer and advocate in over a dozen political and nonprofit ventures aimed at ending the failed war on drugs, advocating for people of color and other marginalized communities, and establishing creative and educational opportunities for children and adults.