TOP 10 – INDUSTRY CEOS

COMPANY: ZIP TITLE: CEO FOUNDED: 2020

Rujul Zaparde has fundamentally changed the way employees interact with procurement. He addressed the biggest pain point in the industry: the user experience. In 2026, Zip is the interface that sits atop the world’ s most complex organisations, providing a single, front door for every spend request. Rujul’ s genius lies in his understanding that procurement only works if employees actually use it. By automating the routing of requests to legal, security and finance, he has turned a process that once took weeks into one that takes minutes. Under his leadership, Zip has seen astronomical growth, proving that user adoption is the most critical metric for any technology deployment.

50 June 2026