Mer Stodiz was one of the founders of the Verga Mer Mining Company around 62 BBY, along with fellow Sullustan businessman Verga Nus. They managed to get a quite successful operation on the moon of Tilnes, in the Cularin system, even though they had to stop using droids in it. Motivated by their success and the envy-instigated snub of other mining companies, Mer and Stodiz expanded their interest developing relationships with the Baron Administrators who controlled Cularin's platform cities, and thus obtaining power.