Born in the French Riviera, Mathieu Massa hails from a family of entrepreneurs. His early inspiration comes from a lineage of great men that date back to his great-grandfather, Sylvain Emile Massa, who came from Italy in 1908 and settled in Cannes. Strongly influenced and inspired by the family entrepreneurial spirit, Mathieu embarked on a start track of higher education receiving his degree from the prestigious school H.E.C in Paris and Babson College in Boston. After graduating, he relocated to Miami and created a private equity firm specializing in distressed assets to benefit from the subprime crisis of 2008. Mathieu’s real estate developments now include high-end residential, a growing commercial portfolio as well as an avid interest in green development. In 2009, Baoli Cannes reached out to Mathieu to consider an investment opportunity for their franchise in Miami Beach and with that, he re-invented Bâoli Miami. Mathieu’s main philosophy for both his real estate development and hospitality endeavors remains the same which consists of passion, conviction and dedication to quality.