Francis Nappez is one of the co-founders of BlaBlaCar. Along with Nicolas Brusson, he joined Frédéric Mazzella as Mazzella began to turn Covoiturage.fr into something bigger.
Nappez holds the CTO role. Comuto, the company behind the brand, was founded in 2006 in Paris.
In 2011 and 2012 the company introduced online booking with a fee, which turned free carpooling into a business. In 2013 it took the name BlaBlaCar.
The company grew to more than 20 countries and passed 10 million users in 2014. In 2023 it reported revenue of €250 million.