Zweig named COO of Janus Motorcycles

Fayetteville entrepreneur Mark Zweig was recently named chief operating officer of Goshen, Ind.-based Janus Motorcycles. He will remain in Northwest Arkansas for the role.

Zweig has been part of the independent motorcycle manufacturer since 2023 and helped recruit a board that includes Arkansas natives.

He joined in April 2023 as an adviser, then became an investor and chief financial officer. The board members he recruited comprise experienced entrepreneurs from the engineering, software, manufacturing and travel industries. He also helped the company raise millions of dollars in new equity capital, including through its successful Wefunder campaign.

“Mark has been deeply involved in the business for several years now, and this role is a natural evolution of the value he’s already brought to Janus,” said Janus founder and CEO Richard Worsham. “I’m excited to have him step into an expanded role as we move into a critical growth phase for the company. His experience building, scaling, and professionalizing businesses is exactly what Janus needs right now.”

Zweig is the founder of two Fayetteville-based Inc. 500/5000 companies. He is also an entrepreneur-in-residence in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, author of the award-winning book, “Confessions of an Entrepreneur,” and co-founder of podcast “Big Talk About Small Business.”

He bought his first motorcycle at 13 and co-owned a small motorcycle shop in college. Zweig has owned hundreds of motorcycles over the years. He discovered Janus after seeing the brand featured on “Jay Leno’s Garage.”

“It was a marriage made in heaven,” Zweig said, “and a real opportunity for me to combine my love for motorcycles, design and business — something I’ve always dreamed of doing. We are finally poised to make a major growth push in 2026 and have a real breakthrough year.”

Janus Motorcycles is a 14-year-old company. Its legal name is Paragon Motorcycles Inc.

“The timing couldn’t be better for this step,” Worsham said. “Mark has been part of nearly every important decision we’ve made in recent years, and formalizing his role as COO gives us the operational strength we need as we move into our next phase of growth.”