David Wiessman is Chairman of the Board of Directors of ALON USA, a Dallas-based, integrated refining and marketing enterprise that operates throughout the Southwest. The company was formed in August 2000 after ALON Israel Oil Co., LTD purchased FINA Inc.'s downstream assets.
Wiessman has over 25 years of oil industry and marketing experience. In 1976, after serving in the Israeli Air Force, he became CEO and majority shareholder in Bielsol Group, a privately owned company that owns and operates gasoline stations and real estate in Israel. In 1993 Wiessman acquired ALON Israel Oil Company. In 1994 he became CEO and President of ALON Israel Group, moving it from a 0% market share to more than a 20% market share today, making ALON Israel one of Israel's leading enterprises. |