Frédéric Mazzella is the president-founder of BlaBlaCar and Dift.
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BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading carpooling platform, with 100 million members across 22 countries. Dift is his new venture, a platform that is transforming how companies engage with social and environmental impact projects. Frédéric is also Co-President (Entrepreneur) of France Digitale, the largest startup association in Europe, and host of the weekly show Les Pionniers on BFM Business, where he interviews trailblazers — explorers, artists, entrepreneurs, and athletes — who are pushing boundaries in their fields.
Frédéric holds a Master’s degree in Physics from École Normale Supérieure (ENS Ulm), a Master’s in Computer Science from Stanford University (USA), and an MBA from INSEAD. Before founding BlaBlaCar, he worked as a scientific researcher for NASA in the U.S. and NTT in Japan. He is also an accomplished pianist and a passionate music enthusiast.
As an author, Frédéric recently shared his entrepreneurial journey in the book Mission BlaBlaCar – Behind the Scenes of Creating a Phenomenon (Eyrolles, 2022). Through engaging conversations, the book reveals the methods used to build a unicorn from the ground up. Upon release, it was immediately hailed as a “must-read for entrepreneurs.”
