samuel-guez
Samuel Guez is a co-founder of Blast, the Paris-based private investment club, which he launched with longtime business partner Anthony Bourbon in September 2022. He previously founded My Jolie Candle, a bootstrapped French candle company, and holds a finance master's from Universite Paris-Dauphine; at Blast he leads deal sourcing and investment strategy.
Samuel Guez is a co-founder of Blast (Blast.Club), the Paris-based private investment club he launched with longtime business partner Anthony Bourbon in September 2022, after several years of co-investing together informally. At Blast, he leads the club's investment strategy, overseeing deal sourcing, strategic and financial analysis, and portfolio management, per the firm's own team page. Guez holds a master's degree in banking and finance from Universite Paris-Dauphine and briefly worked at asset manager La Financiere de l'Echiquier before turning to entrepreneurship. He founded My Jolie Candle, a French candle brand notable for including a hidden piece of jewelry in each candle, which he bootstrapped without external funding to more than EUR10 million in annual revenue, per Blast's own bio (sources vary on the exact founding year, citing either 2013 or 2015). He is also an active business angel, described by Blast as holding equity positions in more than 100 French startups.
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- Co-Founder, Blast
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- Paris, France
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- Who is samuel-guez?
- Samuel Guez is a co-founder of Blast (Blast.Club), the Paris-based private investment club he launched with longtime business partner Anthony Bourbon in September 2022, after several years of co-investing together informally. At Blast, he leads the club's investment strategy, overseeing deal sourcing, strategic and financial analysis, and portfolio management, per the firm's own team page. Guez holds a master's degree in banking and finance from Universite Paris-Dauphine and briefly worked at asset manager La Financiere de l'Echiquier before turning to entrepreneurship. He founded My Jolie Candle, a French candle brand notable for including a hidden piece of jewelry in each candle, which he bootstrapped without external funding to more than EUR10 million in annual revenue, per Blast's own bio (sources vary on the exact founding year, citing either 2013 or 2015). He is also an active business angel, described by Blast as holding equity positions in more than 100 French startups.
- What is samuel-guez's role?
- samuel-guez is Co-Founder, Blast, based in Paris, France.
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Samuel Guez co-founded Blast.Club with Anthony Bourbon in September 2022; he leads the club's investment strategy, overseeing deal sourcing, strategic and financial analysis, and portfolio management; he holds a finance master's from Universite Paris-Dauphine, previously worked at La Financiere de l'Echiquier, and founded My Jolie Candle, bootstrapping it to over 10 million euros in annual revenue
Blast.Club: About Blast Club and Anthony BourbonVerified2026-08-12 - 2
Samuel Guez founded My Jolie Candle, a French candle brand featuring a hidden jewel in each candle
Journal du Net: Samuel Guez (My Jolie candle): My Jolie candle a double ses ventes sur le site par rapport au mois de novembre 2019Reported2026-08-12