17 Facts About Alan Wilzig

Alan Wilzig was born on April 20,1965 and is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, semi-professional race car driver, and restaurateur.

Alan Wilzig was formerly CEO, president and chairman of the Trust Company of New Jersey.

Alan Wilzig has two siblings, Ivan Wilzig and Sherry Wilzig.

Siggi Alan Wilzig purchased the Trust Company of New Jersey in 1968, and built it into a 45-branch franchise.

Alan Wilzig was elected to the board of directors in 1997, promoted to senior executive vice president and chief operating officer in 1999, and named president and CEO in 2002.

Alan Wilzig was a co-owner of the restaurant Kutsher's Tribeca, a modern Jewish-American bistro which opened in Tribeca in 2011.

Alan Wilzig spent over a year helping refine the restaurant's concept, based in part on Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, New York.

Alan Wilzig is the founding director of the Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan, created in 2001; a board member of the Rainforest Alliance; was elected vice chairman of the board at Liberty Health in 2008 and remains on the board; and a co-founder of the Chabad of Southampton synagogue.

Alan Wilzig is a director on the board of the Wilzig Family Foundation, which has donated over $1 million to the University of Pennsylvania.

Alan Wilzig placed second in each of the first two rounds of the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites support series as part of the 2012 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring event held in Sebring, Florida.

Alan Wilzig returned to IMSA competition with the Performance Tech team in the 2017 IMSA Prototype Challenge.

In 2005, Alan Wilzig purchased a 275-acre property in Taghkanic, New York.

Alan Wilzig was fined $50,000 by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for proceeding with construction work without an approved stormwater pollution prevention plan.

Alan Wilzig owns over 100 cars, motorcycles and off-road vehicles, which he houses at the Alan Wilzig Racing Manor.

Alan Wilzig has appeared on a variety of motorsports-oriented programming.

In 2004, Alan Wilzig created a motorcycle combining parts and features from the Ducati 998 and MV Agusta F4.

In 1996, Alan Wilzig began building a 14,000 square foot Medieval-style homestead in Water Mill on Long Island, New York.