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Founder Profile

Nicolas Bacca

Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya

Who is Nicolas Bacca?

Nicolas Bacca is a founder of Ledger, which was founded in 2014 with Éric Larchevêque, Joël Pobeda, Thomas France and David Balland.

Company founded
Ledger
Founded
2014
Co-founders
Éric Larchevêque, Joël Pobeda, Thomas France and David Balland

Background

Smart card technology expert.

Founding Story

Nicolas Bacca co-founded Ledger in 2014. Utilizing his deep expertise in the highly secure 'smart card' technology used in European passports and banking chips, he architected the absolutely unbreakable secure element that became the foundation of the Ledger Nano hardware wallet. Nicolas Bacca was born in 1982.

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