Rick Pal
Senior Partner at zuhnë | Asia 21 Fellow | Texas Next Generation Project Fellow | TEDx Speaker | Top 20 Power Couple Impact Maker | GHBA Humanitarian of the Year | WAC Global Leader of Influence | HBJ Fast 100
- Role
- Co-founder at Apollo Investment Group
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rick Pal
Senior partner at zuhnë, one of the fastest growing brands in kitchen and bathroom fixtures space. Responsible for product line expansion and strategic business development - online and offline. Prior experience spans clean-tech manufacturing with AirGenerate (licensed to Electrolux), retail service with Emprise (acquired by Liberty Tax Service), logistics with Zuhne Logistics (Amazon DSP), and senior roles with several high-tech firms - EnterpriseWorks (acquired by Iconnix), Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC), and Webify Solutions (acquired by IBM). Founder of Innokul, first privately funded incubator for start-ups in eastern India and Ek Disha (now merged with America India Foundation), a non-profit to support and facilitate high-impact sustainable projects in health, education, and enterprise with a focus on South Asia. Limited partner of Houston Health Ventures and Awake Solar. Involvement in social ventures include LegWorks, Wello Water, UE LifeSciences, KTK-BELT, and Embrace Global (merged with Thrive Networks). Served as a mentor for start-ups at Calcutta Innovation Park, GoodWorks Houston, University of Houston MBA Club, Asia21 Action Lab, and MIT’s Emerging Worlds.Created “Pal - Make a Difference” endowment in 2006 at The University of Texas at Austin awarding annual scholarship to students making a difference within their communities and “Friends of India Studies” endowment in 2015 at The University of Houston. Board member of Texas Union Advisory Council at University of Texas at Austin (Vice Chair 2023-25), UH College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board, Asia Society Business Steering Committee, Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee at Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas, and Fort Bend Education Foundation (Executive Committee) and has served on City of Sugar Land’s Building Standards Commission, Fort Bend ISD Bond Committee, and Texas Exes Scholarship Committee. TEDx speaker, Asia21 Leader (US Chapter Chair), Texas Next Generation Project Fellow, Indiaspora member, and guest speaker at University of Houston’s SBDC.
Experience
Co-founder
Jan 2022 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Education
Texas McCombs School of Business
BBA, M.I.S.
1990 — 1995
Skills
- Management
- Team Building
- Energy Conservation
- Financial Services
- Business Development
- Management Consulting
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Entrepreneurship
- Mergers
- Competitive Analysis
- Start-Ups
- Product Development
- Consulting
- Product Management
- Negotiation
- Sales
- Business Planning
- Budgeting
- Strategic Partnerships
- Marketing
- Investments
- Leadership
- Budgets
- Finance
- New Business Development
- Strategic Planning
- Enterprise Software
- Strategy
- Business Analysis
- Project Management
- Energy Efficiency
- Business Strategy
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Marketing Strategy
- Manufacturing
- Program Management
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