Development
GORDON KOVTUN
Building Community
G
ordon Kovtun found his calling early in life. While on
walks with his mother in downtown San Diego in
his youth, Gordon was awestruck by people in hard
hats acting as maestros among towering cranes,
orchestrating the vitalization of the city’s core. As new
tourists and residents transformed the small beach town into one
of America’s largest cities in the 60s and 70s, the wizardry behind
construction captivated his mind.
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Upon graduating from Bishop’s High School in La Jolla, Gordon
pursued his passion and attended Cal State Polytechnic University
to study civil engineering and then earned his master’s degree in
the same discipline at the University of Southern California. Gordon
was determined to return home after academia to put his own
mark on the construction industry and his hometown community.
After years of refining his skills and experience, Gordon took the
leap of faith and created KCM Group from his living room in 2000.