Warren Barthes

Building bold moves across capital markets, M&A, and digital transformation As Chief Strategy Officer at Magen Financial, I lead strategic growth initiatives across our brokerage and financial services platforms, with a focus on high-impact M&A, product innovation, and operational expansion. My role spans corporate development, deal structuring, and driving synergies across our verticals—including market making, floor brokerage, and digital execution. At Magen, we don't just respond to market change—we anticipate it. I work closely with founders, CEOs, and investors to turn strategic opportunities into performance-driven outcomes. Whether launching new divisions, navigating complex acquisitions, or modernizing legacy processes, I’m driven by clarity, precision, and results. Previously, I’ve worked across sectors from hospitality and collectibles to consumer tech—always at the intersection of strategy, growth, and execution. 💼 Current Focus: • Scaling Magen’s brokerage platform through targeted acquisitions • Leading cross-functional teams on new verticals (Floor Brokerage, Market Making) • Structuring investor and partner relationships for long-term value creation • Overseeing high-stakes negotiations and regulatory alignment If you're building, buying, or rethinking what comes next in finance, let’s connect.

Meet the eponymously titled sartorial collective run by Warren Barthes and his impressive business force. Comprising a handful of no-nonsense entrepreneurs, the innovative consumer service merchants explain, Our conceptual vision examines popular consumer demand in order to understand and perhaps solve the conundrum that is keeping sneakers clean, shoes shiny, and people presentable, head to toe. U.S. News and World recently reported that “Cobblers face extinction - and are busier than ever.” An expert in refurbished goods, technological and otherwise, Mr. Barthes’ business objectives are to satisfy a now seemingly insatiable demand for traditional cobbler services while catering to an explosive ‘sneakerhead' culture around the globe. His latest project, The Cobblers, hails quickly, exerting moves both powerful and pecuniary. Here, consumer services intersect with retail goods, accessories and apparel - a sophisticated multi-pronged e-commerce, brick-mortar, B2B and B2C venture. All this while turning ‘waste into wonderful’. The global footwear industry produces 23 Billion pairs of shoes per year. 95% of these end up littering landfills. Not to mention the production of just one pair of new shoes expends 495oz. of CO2 into the air that we breathe. And so, it goes without question that Warren Barthes “The Cobblers” is a group leading the way in the development of new ideas, and better manners. Mr. Warren felt it was time for a greener approach to footwear. “Think clean. Think green,” as mentioned. Finally, a footwear company that puts the planet first.

Get ready to change the way you think about email … I am very excited to announce the launch of a project I have been building over the past year, CCC (Confidential CC), a revolutionary email platform, allowing you to email off-the-record. CCC supports your right to privacy through secure technology. Messages sent in the new 4th email field Ccc, under To, Cc and Bcc, are encrypted and self-destruct without a trace once read. They cannot be forwarded or printed and can only be viewed once by recipients. Our talented team has been working tirelessly to change the way people interact via email. This project is close to my heart and I truly believe our efforts have the ability to revolutionize the way we all communicate, both professionally and interpersonally. CCC will be available soon on iOS, Android and desktop. Until then, please visit our website www.confidentialcc.com to sign up for updates on the launch, and connect with us on all social media: Facebook facebook.com/confidentialcc Twitter twitter.com/confidentialcc LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/confidential-cc Google+ plus.google.com/115212113654712442244/about Stay tuned…

I am responsible for managing and growing all of Brightstar’s e-commerce sales channels (direct and indirect) to consumers worldwide. I am in charge of overseeing the strategy, operations, sales and marketing and IT development of the Next Wireless unit with the goal of growing market share (including opening new marketplaces and geographies) by delivering great product value and increasing confidence to consumers globally. My responsibilities also include managing the creation and launch of a new and exciting direct B2C global brand called Smarter.

Next Wireless Group was founded in 2017 with the goal of becoming the e-commerce leader in the sale of used wireless devices globally (the fastest growing segment of the smartphone market reaching nearly 10% of total global smartphone sales in 2017). The company was founded with a focus of sourcing the highest-quality used products and dedicating its ressources to customer experience and satisfaction. Next Wireless Group quickly grew to more than 100 employees with offices in Miami (USA), Dublin (Ireland) and Montreal (Canada). In June 2018, Next Wireless was acquired by Brightstar Corp, a SoftBank company and the worldwide leader in used smartphones sales. Post the acquisition, Next Wireless now leads the B2C ecommerce channel for Brightstar’s global sales of used wireless devices and services. The combination of the company’s online e-commerce expertise with Brightstar’s rigorous device grading and reconditioning standards creates an offering that will transform the secondary market.

The Kase is an international brand specializing in fashion accessories for smartphone and tablet. Its unique design allows you to make your products "UNIK". The Kase has created an international community of over 4500 designers creating customized phone accessories which encompasses a choice of over 30,000 designs. Available in stores through the workshop customization, "The Kase ID" is present in all shops worldwide. As of today and in less than 18 months, The Kase has 140 stores worldwide.

In 2005, Warren Barthes moved to Paris to start PhoneAndPhone company, specializing in selling phones online with and without contracts. In a few years PhoneAndPhone.com became the first e-commerce site specializing in mobile telephony in France. In early 2010, PhoneAndPhone raised EUR 11.3 million from investors including Innovacom and XAnge. The turnover increased from 2 million at its inception in 2005 to 20 million in 2008, 30 million in 2009 and € 55 million in 2011. The company has taken over the online phone market by giving access to its platform (white label) to larger stores such as Pixmania, Micromania, Carrefour, Auchan, PriceMinister, Cdiscount, Rueducommerce etc. The website has 400,000 customers and more than 3 million unique visitors per month. PhoneAndPhone is best known for selling the iPhone in mid-2007, imported from the United States before its release official in France. Further, the business became very well known for inventing commercial gift bundles, to be used as a marketing strategy. For every purchase of a phone contract, the customer received a gift such as a scooter, a PlayStation, TV, Camera, etc.

Warren Barthes launched his career in the mobile phone industry in 1998 with Vip Telecom; a store network based in the south of France that specialized in selling mobile phones with and without a contract.