Kévin Boutillier was born on July 18, 1993, in Saint-Lô. His father ran two separate businesses: one in construction, another in the pinball world; he was specialized in electrotechnics. It was the booming 1980s and 1990s, the golden age of arcades. His mother works as an executive assistant. Kévin is the eldest of three siblings, with two sisters, Estelle and Laura.

From middle school onward, he notices that peer relationships are not always kind: remarks along the lines of “your parents have a nice car, so you must be loaded” taught him to build character, ignore pointless attitudes, and choose to grow on his own terms.

Around age twelve he discovers the internet, the early days of MSN, and a little HTML programming — computing becomes a passion. Hands-on by nature, he often helped his father with DIY work: electrics, concrete, tiling. Those years laid the groundwork for later building his own home with his own hands and resources.

After middle school he attends the Curie–Corot vocational high school, then a two-year degree (BTS) in automated systems design and implementation. The mix suits him: mechanics, electrical work, programming, machining, a bit of robotics — hands-on, technical, close to what he enjoys.

Toward the end of that program, he does not plan on engineering school. He already senses the ground shifting — all the more because people often mix up competence and a diploma: piling up years of study for a mid-tier degree no longer feels worth it the way it might have been for his parents’ generation, unless you aim for the very top — schools whose name alone opens doors, along the lines of HEC in France or a place like Harvard abroad. That is not the path he wants. He would rather put his time and money into real estate than stretch his studies without a clear payoff.

In 2015 he moves to the Bordeaux area and builds experience in several companies: engineering work within the Bénéteau group, a stint at Saft, then Activinside in food supplements. Over roughly ten years he works across engineering and industry in different roles.

Over time, routine sets in: limited stimulation, a sense that the technical pace lags behind what he follows in the United States or China, and a commute-and-office rhythm that leaves little room to grow. It no longer fits.

He shifts toward entrepreneurship, aiming to steer his own path rather than stay in a setup that no longer suits him.

Along the way, experience has taught him to listen to himself and to surround himself with people who help him grow a little every day — in business as in his love life. Entrepreneurship is one of the drivers of his happiness.