Nicolas Brusson — CEO
Nicolas is CEO and co-founder of BlaBlaCar. BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel network enabling over 100 million members to share a ride across 22 markets. BlaBlaCar leverages technology to fill empty seats on the road, connecting members looking to carpool or to travel by bus, and making travel more affordable, sociable and convenient. BlaBlaCar’s environmentally and human-friendly mobility network saves 1.6M tons of CO2 and enables 120M human encounters every year. Nicolas leads the company’s global operations and international growth. He drives BlaBlaCar’s corporate development and has successfully led the company’s various rounds of financing and acquisitions. Nicolas is a strong supporter of autonomous local teams and acqui-hire, a strategy he implemented to expand BlaBlaCar’s footprint to a global scale. Prior to BlaBlaCar, Nicolas was a venture capitalist focusing on consumer internet and telecommunication investments for Amadeus Capital Partners in London, UK. He led or co-led investments in Linkdex, Octotelematics or Secerno (now Oracle). Nicolas started his career at DiCon Fiberoptics in Berkley, California and spent 6 years at Gemfire in Silicon Valley. Nicolas holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MSc in Optics from the Ecole Superieure d’Optique and an MSc in Applied Physics from Paris XI University. Specialties: Venture Capital, Internet/Media, Telecom.
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Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Experience: 25 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Leadership
- Business Strategy
Career Highlights
- Led BlaBlaCar's expansion to 22 markets.
- Expert in venture capital and corporate development.
- Strong advocate for autonomous local teams.
Work Experience
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CEO & Co-Founder (9 yrs 5 mos)
COO & Co-Founder (9 yrs 5 mos)
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Linkdex
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Secerno
Board observer (2 yrs 3 mos)
Amadeus Capital Partners
Investment Manager (4 yrs 5 mos)
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Manager (5 yrs 9 mos)
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Optical Engineer (7 mos)
Education
M.B.A. at INSEAD
Project Management Certificate at University of California, Berkeley
MS at Ecole Superieure d'Optique (SupOptique)
PhD qualifier (French DEA) at Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)