Who wants to be my partner? returns for a new and second season. The first episode is expected this Wednesday, January 5, 2022 on M6 from 9:05 p.m. The concept remains the same: young entrepreneurs come to defend the project of their life in front of business leaders ready to invest their own money. A program that is timely at a time when the French are seeking to achieve and change their lives in this period of health crisis.
This year they are seven investors to have been chosen to play the game, of which Anthony bourbon. At only 32 years old, he is the founder of Feed, a company launched in 2017 and specializing in meal replacements. What started out as a start-up is today a company worth more than 40 million euros and which sells products in 4,000 points of sale in Europe. A success story which impresses more when you discover Anthony’s difficult story, before it comes to that. A story he decided to share on the home page of his website: “A violent father, a depressed mother, he found himself on the street at the age of 16, but do not give up and continue to respect what will later become the values of Feed“, we read.
Indeed, Anthony Bourbon’s youth was chaotic to say the least, until he ended up becoming homeless. “We could no longer live together. One day she [sa mère, ndlr] asked me to leave her house. I was 16“, he said during an interview for The Parisian. He then manages as best he can by sleeping with friends or in buses, but often in the street. “No one supported me in my family. I was forced to earn money“, he explained. And that’s what he did. Before having the idea that will change his life, Anthony embarked on”small businesses“, to know “sale of calculators, repair of scooters, installation of programs allowing cheating during checks in high school … then the purchase and resale of vehicless “, summarizes our colleagues from Parisian.
And then, the idea of Feed came to him. A winning bet for Anthony Bourbon. What pushes him today to have other ambitions. For example, he created the foundation Feed Back to reach out to “associations and groups committed to helping underprivileged children, students in difficulty or young women determined to build their future.“He also intends to become a billionaire when he turns 40!