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Khalil Zahar

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Founder and CEO of FightCamp

Khalil Zahar is the Founder and CEO of FightCamp, the connected boxing platform bringing authentic fight training into people’s homes. Since launching, FightCamp has raised $100 million from investors including Y Combinator, New Enterprise Associates, and Left Lane Capital, along with athletes and cultural icons such as Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Georges St‑Pierre, and Francis Ngannou.

Under Khalil’s leadership, FightCamp has become one of the most recognized brands in connected fitness, combining hardware, software, and coaching to deliver a fighter-level training experience to consumers around the world.

Khalil is known for building products at the intersection of technology, sport, and culture, and for leading FightCamp through both hyper-growth and disciplined profitability in a challenging consumer hardware market. He’s particularly passionate about the psychology of fighters, brand-led growth, and building companies that blend performance, storytelling, and community.
Beyond his role as CEO, Khalil is also a DJ and electronic music producer, performing in underground scenes and private events while exploring the parallels between entrepreneurship, creativity, and performance.

Born in Tunisia and raised in Quebec, Khalil brings a global perspective to entrepreneurship and often speaks about leadership, resilience, and the mindset required to build meaningful companies

S6 E22 FightCamp: The Science Of Training Under Pressure with Guest Khalil Zahar
June 3, 2026

S6 E22 FightCamp: The Science Of Training Under Pressure with Guest Khalil Zahar

Most fitness products make you a promise. And most of the time, six weeks later, they're collecting dust in a corner. Khalil Zahar built something different. He was finishing his master's degree in Toronto when he walked into a boxing gym and fell completely in love — training four or five times a …
Guest: Khalil Zahar