Patrick Wilke, 35

The road to owning and running a custom printing and design company is solely thanks to a happy accident for Patrick Wilke.

When Wilke returned to Southwest Florida in 2008 after teaching music in Italy, the Fort Myers native wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. A friend grew up in a print shop and mentioned they needed extra help.

“I said, ‘Yeah, I don’t know anything about it but sure,’” Wilke says. “Do you ever have those happy accidents in life? It ticked every box I had. I consider myself a creative person. … I love building and working my hands.”