These 20-Under-40 Up-and-Coming Printing Industry Executives Share Their Success Stories

"She said, 'Don't worry about being featured in a magazine—just work,' " Vali laughs.

Nikos Kallas, 34
President
Metropolitan Fine Printers
Vancouver, BC, Canada

It's been a long time since Nikos Kallas used 40˝ press sheets to make paper airplanes, or commandeered a pile jack to use as a scooter; the latter pastime proved a bit painful after hitting a crack in the floor and wiping out. Such is living the life of a family printing business...you're born with ink in your veins, and the hope is that you don't spill too much of it.