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David Wiessman is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alon USA Partners (NYSE:ALDW) and the owner of Sonol, one of the leading oil companies and convenience store operators in Israel.

Mr. Wiessman, who has more than thirty years of industry experience, was previously the President & CEO of Alon Israel, a retail, oil, and real estate conglomerate that that under his leadership reached $12B of revenue. Mr. Wiessman effectively started Alon Israel and built it over twenty years into the largest retail company in Israel. Mr. Wiessman successfully led Alon Israel into the United States with the purchase of all of the downstream assets of TotalFina, forming Alon USA Energy, a company that merged recently with Delek US to form a $2.8 billion company traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Mr. Wiessman, who is a veteran of the Israeli Air Force, won the Israeli Globes ‘Man of the Year’ award in 2005 and the Ernest & Young Entrepreneur of the Year regional award in 2007.