Alan Wilzig (born April 20, 1965) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, semi-professional race car driver, and restaurateur. He was formerly CEO, president and chairman of the Trust Company of New Jersey. Background and early life Wilzig was born and raised in Clifton, New Jersey, to Siggi Wilzig, a Polish Holocaust survivor, and Naomi (né Sisselman), a New Jersey native. He has two siblings, Ivan Wilzig and Sherry Wilzig. Siggi Wilzig purchased the Trust Company of New Jersey (TCNJ) in 1968, and built it into a 45-branch franchise. Career Finance After graduating from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987, Wilzig joined the Trust Company of New Jersey. He 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. After his father's passing in 2003, he was appointed chairman of the board, while continuing in his role as president and CEO. During this period, the bank expanded to 75 branches and nearly doubled in market value. In December 2003, North Fork Bank agreed to purchase TCNJ for approximately $752 million in cash and stock. North Fork officially acquired TCNJ on May 17, 2004. Following the merger, Wilzig became a director at North Fork. Restaurant Wilzig was a co-owner of the restaurant Kutsher's Tribeca, a modern Jewish-American bistro which opened in Tribeca in 2011. He spent over a year helping refine the restaurant's concept, based in part on Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, New York. Philanthropy After his father's death, Wilzig and his family memorialized him with an endowment, naming one of the facilities at the Jersey City Medical Center "Wilzig Hospital" 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. He is a director on the board of the Wilzig Family Foundation, which has donated over $1 million to the University of Pennsylvania. Automotive racing and collecting Professional racing A semi-professional race car driver and member of the Performance Tech team, Wilzig won the 2011 and 2012 Master's Championship in the L2 class of the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites. He then made the jump to L1 class. He placed second