Tampa Bay 3D printing entrepreneur beats the odds with moxie, fortitude

Two times Roy Kirchner, founder of Ultimate 3D Printing Store in Pasco County, didn’t think he was going to make it. 

Once was when he graduated from high school at a fourth grade reading level and was told he wouldn’t amount to anything. The other was in 2021, the year his company grew 355% — from four employees to 38, from 1,900 square feet of space to 65,000 square feet, handling $10 million in annual revenue. He also found himself in the hospital that year, racked with Covid for two months.