Karl Toussaint du Wast became known during the third season of the Bachelor on M6. Now far away from media life, he is today at the head of a large consulting group andasset management called Netinvestment.
Karl Toussaint du Wast is a serial entrepreneur. His entrepreneurial career began at the age of twenty in New York. After the traumatic tragedy at the World Trade Center, he returned to France to feel safer. Today, he is president of the French leader in online investments, Netinvestment., whose primary goal is to make the world of savings and cryptocurrency accessible. “Democratize, dust off and make this universe accessible to everyone”, this is the motto of its president.
In ten years, the company has become the largest investment marketplace in France without any additional costs for the investor. Before his career was a success, Karl Toussaint du Wast had to overcome a large number of obstacles. We tell you more about his tumultuous entrepreneurial career and his experience as a reality TV candidate.
Biography of Karl Toussaint du Wast
Karl Toussaint du Wast was born on March 5, 1978. He is the son of Olivier Toussaint, the famous songwriter but also company director and producer of star pianist Richard Clayderman. The entrepreneur attended a business school, the Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG), in which he followed an international course specializing in finance. In his final year, he flew to New York to complete a three-month end-of-studies internship and thus live the American dream. At the age of 20, he founded his first hardware distribution IT company based in one of the World Trade Center towers.
Following the chaotic event that struck the twin towers in 2001, he decided to return to France. He then held the position of headhunter in a recruitment firm in Paris. In 2005, he decided to embark on an atypical adventure, that of the reality TV show, The Bacheloron M6.
Today, Karl Toussaint du Wast is president of Netinvestment and the author of the books: The Guide to Modern CGP And E-CGP, how to succeed in your digital transformation.
The entrepreneurial journey of Karl Toussaint du Wast
Back in France, Karl Toussaint du Wast launched a catering company which unfortunately did not last long. He had poorly prepared his business plan before launching his business, a mistake which cost him dearly, but which allowed him to learn lessons for the rest of his adventure. After this experience, he trained in market finance and wealth management, which gave him the opportunity to meet his partner with whom he created a wealth management firm in Bordeaux.
In 2010, his entrepreneurial career took a new turn. He decided to launch into wealth management in digital format, a concept which did not previously exist in France. He got this idea while reading the book Priceminister by Pierre Kosciuszko-Morizet who details how he developed an American concept in the heart of France.
The charismatic entrepreneur explains to Forbes: “I read the book about the incredible story of the well-known startup he created before selling it to Rakuten in 2010. In it he tells in particular how he wanted to offer the possibility of buying and reselling books on the internet. » This work had a strong effect on the mind of Karl Toussaint du Wast who announced the next day that he had to launch himself on the Internet. Today, his company is a leader in natural referencing on the internet. “My long-term idea: to make Netinvestment the Amazon of investments. Ten years later, it’s a successful bet and I’m very proud of it,” he explains.
Everything you need to know about Netinvestment
Netinvestment is the leader in French marketplaces dedicated to investment solutions and services for individuals and professionals. The site offers a large number of guides, advice and e-books made available free of charge to Internet users who want to make their money profitable. The company also offers personalized and physical meetings with one of the heritage project managers throughout France, thanks to its network of firms. “ More than 26,000 pages of content, information, offers and solutions are made available free of charge on the site. Internet users then freely, and without any obligation, contact Netinvestment by email, chat, telephone or video. underlines the founder of the group.
The founder describes his Netinvestment as “the Amazon of investments”. The services have the particularity of being without additional fees or additional costs. They are in fact accessible from €1,000. Small fortunes are therefore welcome. He explains: “Going through Netinvestment therefore guarantees truly objective advice without any additional cost. It is the bank, the insurer, the management company or the promoter who will directly remunerate netinvestment for the “business contribution” but without this impacting the fees or the cost to the disadvantage of the client. »
Netinvestment’s growth prospects
The objective of Karl Toussaint du Wast is to preserve his position as leader and reference in the sector on the internet, while continuing to develop the content of the site and its use. “We are constantly working to improve what we call UX, the user experience. We continue to strongly develop our YouTube channel, with more than 3.5 million views on our videos. » Netinvestment is also working on the design of a regulated platform to offer its clients and its entire community a way to invest without fear of being scammed in cryptocurrencies.
Netinvestment was sold to the PRIMONIAL group, the leader in wealth management in France which has a large network of agencies with wealth management advisors. This operation can only be beneficial for the startup which will increase from 40 to 200 employees while strengthening the commercial aspect of the network.
This year, Netinvestment is launching an offer dedicated to businesses. It offers wealth advisors in France the opportunity to become affiliated. This will allow them to gain credibility and expand their customer base.
Karl Toussaint du Wast and his participation in the Bachelor
Bachelor, the single gentleman is a French reality television show adapted from the program The Bachelor broadcast on the American channel ABC. In particular, it offers to follow the adventure of a successful man, of whom only one thing is missing in his life: true love. Twenty contenders are therefore present during a season with only one idea in mind: to seduce and win the heart of the young bachelor.
Candidates are welcomed in a villa on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, the ideal setting to open up and meet your soul mate. In the spring of 2005, Karl Toussaint du Wast let himself be tempted by adventure and played the role of the “single gentleman” looking for true love. He gives his last rose to a young woman named Julie who has not been talked about since.
