Chris Nolte, his friend Paul Massard, and his wife Vanessa Valera Nolte all serve as managing partners for Per’La, a specialty roaster company that operates right here in Miami. However, the story of Per’La Coffee began more than 10 years earlier, when the three entrepreneurs met at the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School as undergraduate students in the early 2000s. Following their graduation, the three went their separate ways until Chris and Vanessa reunited and eventually married. Paul, who had ventured into the world of coffee roasting, sent Chris a message on his birthday along with a business proposition. By the end of 2015, the new company was roasting its first batch, and as they say, “the rest is history.”
– Chris Nolte, co-founder and managing partner, Per’La Specialty Roasters.
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