	Willms was born in the Alberta countryside in 1987. His mother Linda worked as a revenue property manager, and his father Dave ran a welding-equipment company. According to his mother, Willms developed an early interest in business and trade. At the age of 3 or 4, whenever he went along with his mother to the grocery store, he would make her guide him through each step in the money transaction. A few years later, he spent his paper route wages on business books, learning about how various well-known businessmen, like Warren Buffett, had attained their fortune.