Bill Holtzman

Bill Holtzman, President and Owner of Holtzman Corporation.

     A native of Mount Jackson, Va., Bill Holtzman initially began his career in agriculture in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. In 1972, while working full time in the apple industry, he purchased a small, local Gulf fuel business for $37,000, and worked tirelessly in the evenings and on weekends to launch his new business, Holtzman Oil. Today, Holtzman Oil Corp. is a Chevron, BP, Exxon, Texaco, and Liberty supplier in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia, and is one of the largest employers in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

     Other divisions of the Holtzman Corporation include a bulk and package lubricant business, a fuel transport business, an equipment and construction company, a propane division and a wholesale ice distribution company. Holtzman Corp. has it's own food division, Little Apple Corporation, that operates Burger King and Denny's restaurants, convenience store Blimpie restaurants and Godfather's Pizza restaurants. Holtzman Corp. is also a shared owner of a cooperative venture called Liberty Petroleum, LLC. This venture was started with two other fuel suppliers to create a discounted brand of gasoline, marketed under the brand name of "Liberty".

     Bill Holtzman is Shenandoah University's Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business Entrepreneur of the Year 2005, and was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001.