OxVegas Chicken may seem, at a glance, to be just another chicken place. But, at its core, it’s a model of Miami University graduate success. Located at 48 E. Park Place Ave., the business was opened by Miami graduates on Jan. 20, 2024.
OxVegas set out to create a restaurant that would become an Oxford staple. Through carefully conducted surveys and interviews with Miami students, founders Jackson Trester and Tyler Storer, both former Miami students, settled on the idea of selling chicken.
Through dedication to their business idea, they secured the necessary funding from investors that allowed them to live their dream of opening this restaurant.
This story is one of great success for two Miami graduates. Trester and Storer were both students of the Farmer School of Business. Trester majored in finance, while Storer was a supply chain operations and management major. Both of these degrees were critical to their success in the business world.
On its website, the Farmer School of Business said that it has a 99.6% post-graduation success rate for Oxford degree recipients in 2022-2023. Many people see a fact like this and think it’s impressive, but they don’t think much more about it. The success of OxVegas serves as a real life example of this post-graduation success rate.
Storer and Trester happened to meet at a Farmer event, which allowed students to experience the different steps of creating a startup business. However, for Storer and Trester it did much more than that. It helped set these two students at the time on a path that would change their lives.
Over 40 or more businesses have been started by Miami students even before they graduated, including OxVegas, as Storer was a senior when the business was launched.
OxVegas stands as a testament to the impact of the education that we receive at Miami. It shows that our college is truly a place for growth, learning and new experiences. Through events like these in any department, students are able to meet other like-minded people who can become life-long friends and create ideas that can become a successful business like this one.
Storer and Trester’s journey demonstrates the potential that Miami students have. As long as Miami’s commitment remains fulfilled to its students, there will be countless examples of success that follow.
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