Emiliano Void
35 | Founder, nuwave
Residence: Chittenden
Career highlight you are most proud of:
Picking up the Vermont Business for Social Responsibility Young Changemaker and Small Business Administration Vermont Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Awesome to add the Rising Star recognition to the mix.
Community involvement:
My community involvement includes leading the Black Experience, Vermont’s flagship Black History Month event; Rising Tides, a Black youth community connection and mentorship program we started at Burlington High School; and Accelerate Auto, a not-for-profit to tackle anti-Black racism in the Canadian automotive industry.
Motivation for living/working in Vermont:
Initially, an ex-girlfriend. I ended up staying and starting a business here because of the people and the potential of this place.
Best career advice you have received:
“Never be your first no.“
Favorite Vermont escape:
Lake Champlain.
Favorite Vermont season:
Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime!
Person you’d most like to share a Vermont beverage with:
Former president Obama.
