# Rishikkes Pawar

> Rishikkes Pawar is the New York-based founder, chairman and CEO of Digitalzone, a B2B marketing company. Raised near Pune, India, he describes starting his entrepreneurial journey in 2014 and taking sole ownership of Digitalzone in April 2020. He has led its international expansion and development of contact-level marketing products; Digitalzone appeared on the Inc. 5000 in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman & CEO at Digitalzone
- **Organizations:** Digitalzone, YPO, Sweven Infotech
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Owner/President Management program (executive education; ongoing), Harvard Business School, Driving Digital Strategy (executive education), Harvard Business School, Draper University
- **Known for:** Led Digitalzone through international expansion with operations in India and commercial teams in multiple markets., Digitalzone appeared on the Inc. 5000 at No. 750 in 2023, No. 291 in 2024, No. 1420 in 2025 and No. 2324 in 2026., Digitalzone reported 54% year-over-year revenue growth for 2023.

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Pawar dates the start of his Digitalzone entrepreneurial journey to 2014.
- **2019** — Hired his first US employees, according to his December 2023 interview.
- **2020** — Took sole ownership of Digitalzone in April; his LinkedIn biography dates his move to New York to this year.
- **2022** — Led a Miami quarterly business review and announced further EMEA and APAC expansion plans.
- **2023** — Digitalzone appointed new US and EMEA sales and marketing leaders and entered the Inc. 5000 at No. 750.
- **2025** — Digitalzone launched Programmatic Nurture; Pawar began the listed 2025-2027 HBS OPM program.
- **2026** — Discussed his career and lessons from closing a second venture on Beyond the Case; Digitalzone received its fourth consecutive Inc. 5000 listing.

## Achievements

- Led Digitalzone through international expansion with operations in India and commercial teams in multiple markets.
- Digitalzone appeared on the Inc. 5000 at No. 750 in 2023, No. 291 in 2024, No. 1420 in 2025 and No. 2324 in 2026.
- Digitalzone reported 54% year-over-year revenue growth for 2023.
- Digitalzone reported serving more than 500 customers across North America and Europe in August 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Digitalzone announced its fourth consecutive Inc. 5000 appearance and reported more than 500 customers across North America and Europe.
- **2026-05** — Appeared in Beyond the Case, season 1 episode 78, published May 19, discussing entrepreneurship, failure, learning and future interests.

## Links

- Website: https://digitalzone.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishikkes-pawar-38301313b

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