Janus Motorcycles in Goshen might just be a young pup of a business to Mark Zweig. The company is 14 years old. But, he said, his new role as chief operating officer is “a marriage made in heaven.”
He first chatted with Richard Worsham, Janus' founder and CEO, in 2019. He discovered Janus while watching “Jay Leno’s Garage,” a reality TV show. In 2020, Janus motorcycles were on display at Zweig Group’s annual Elevate AEC Conference in Denver. And, of course, Zweig bought of a few of them soon after.
Zweig has a lifelong love of motorcycles. He bought his first motorcycle at 13 years old. In college, he co-owned a small shop.
But Zweig found his other passion when he started Zweig Group, a firm that consults for the the architecture and engineering industry. Worsham and Zweig also have that background in common.
But in 2023, Worsham talked Zweig into being more than a collector of Janus motorcycles. Zweig first was an adviser, then he invested, and then he became chief financial officer. His accomplishments since then, including converting the company from an LLC to a C-Corp, have led to his latest promotion.
“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,” Worsham said in a press release. “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 said helping Janus thrive is “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.”
Zweig is an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and the author of “Confessions of an Entrepreneur: Simple Wisdom for Starting, Running, and Growing a Business,” winner of the 2022 Goody Award for Best New General Book on Entrepreneurship.
