Nilus Mattive's Factoids
- A lot of people ask about Nilus’ name. Officially, it’s Nilus Lawrence Mattive III. His great-grandfather chose “Nilus” because it was the name of a missionary he befriended. It was the name of the Greco-Roman god of the Nile, as well as a few Saints. Nilus’ family name was originally Mattivi, and it can be traced back to Trentino in the Italian Alps.
- Whenever Nilus isn’t searching for great dividends, he’s off searching for waves. In fact, he’s surfed everywhere from Peru to South Africa!
- Throughout his childhood, Nilus took guitar lessons from an old jazz musician. He still tries to work on his chops regularly, and enjoys playing with the other guys at the office. (There are a lot of guitar players at Weiss!)
- Nilus was a member of MENSA for a year … then he decided that paying annual dues for a laminated identification card probably wasn’t a sign of his intelligence.
- Before he moved into Manhattan, Nilus lived in Hoboken, NJ. His apartment building was Frank Sinatra’s boyhood home. Disha, Nilus’ future wife, lived in the same building … the two met at the mailbox.
- Nilus loves talking about food and wine, and he’s a passionate cook. He’s not quite as passionate about doing the dishes, though.
- One summer, Nilus and his dad drove across the country in a Volkswagen bus going to rock concerts.
- Nilus enjoys creative writing, both poetry and prose, and a few of his short stories have appeared in literary journals. Like a trillion other people, he plans on writing a novel someday.
- Although he was in the running for valedictorian of his high school class, Nilus was almost banned from graduating on stage because of a series of pranks.
- Since moving to Florida, Nilus has taken up tennis and rekindled his hatred for golf.