Immigrant Entrepreneur Interview Series
Immigrant entrepreneurs bring with them a determination and creativity that reinvigorate declining communities, create jobs for Americans and keep the U.S. on the cutting edge of innovation. While much is heard of immigrant businesses, The ILC Public Education Institute gives voice to the entrepreneurs and innovators who help to strengthen America’s economy like immigrants before them. (See the Immigrant Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.)
Immigrant entrepreneurs interviewed:
Argentina
Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo
Artango Dance School
Belgium
Dries Buytaert
Acquia
Cambodia
Malee Thai
Pailin City
Cape Verde
Larry Dossantos
912 Auto Center
Chile
Angel (Chile) and Nilda (El Salvador) Valdivia
Angel’s Painting Inc.
China
Chiang Li
Boston Biomedical, Inc.
Dominican Republic
Yessy Feliz
Tails, Inc.
Fausto Garcia
Five Star Plating
Rafael Guzman
RM Technologies
Josefina Luna
CEROcoop
Julia Silverio
Silverio Insurance Agency
Rosa and Nisaury Tejeda and Victoria Amador
Tremendous Maid LLC
Damaris Pimentel
Ultra Beauty Salon
Jose de la Rosa
Guardian Healthcare
El Salvador
Elias and Juana Interiano
El Potro Mexican Bar & Grill
Angel (Chile) and Nilda (El Salvador) Valdivia
Angel’s Painting Inc.
France
Patrick Anquetil
Portal Instruments
Germany
Johannes Fruehauf
LabCentral and BioLabs Cambridge
Bettina Hein
Pixability
Michael Koeris
Sample6
Grenada
Fitzroy Alexander
Traditional Breads, Inc.
Haiti
Herby Duverné
Windwalker Group (formerly Taino Consulting Group, LLC)
Venkat Kolluri
Cidewalk, Inc.
Ravi Meruva
Iconsoft, Inc.
Amar Sawhney
Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.
Nagarjuna Venna
BitSight Technologies
Ireland
Shane Smyth
Hugh O’Neill’s Restaurant & Pub
Israel
Lior Div
Cybereason
Italy
Paolo Volpati-Kedra
Sauces ‘n Love, Inc.
Macedonia
Idriz Limaj
connectRN, Inc.
Mexico
Hilda Torres and Gerardo Loza
My Little Best Friends Early Learning Center
Nepal
Umesh Bhuju
Zumi’s Espresso and Ice Cream
Pakistan
Mahmud Jafri
Dover Rug and Home
Fauzia Khan and Mansoor Khan
Persivia (formerly Alere Analytics)
Abrar Syed
Pine Banks Animal Hospital
Slovenia
Mihael Mikek
Celtra, Inc.
Switzerland
Vincent Linder
OPKO Diagnostics (formerly Claros Diagnostics)
Josef von Rickenbach
PAREXEL International Corp.
Helene and Thomas Stohr
swissbakers
Turkey
Garo H. Armen
Agenus Inc.
UK
Anita Worden
Yaskawa – Solectria Solar (formerly Solectria Renewables, LLC)
Vietnam
Sifu Mai Du
Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy
Thanh Le
Pho Hoa Restaurant
John Nguyen
Pho Le Restaurant
Long Tran
Viet Thai Restaurant
Huoi Trinh
My Xuyen Corp.
Sonny Vu
MisFit Wearables
Zambia
Hitendra Patel
IXL Center