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Biography
Chris Gheysens
Career
FortyoneyearoldChrisGheysensservesasthepresidentofWawaInc.since2012
andhasbeenitsChiefExecutiveOfficersince2013.Mr.GheysensjoinedWawain
1997andservedasitschieffinancialandadministrativeofficersince2007.Gheysens
previouslyworkedintheauditpracticeatDeloitteLLP,inPhiladelphia.Hehasbeenan
activememberoftheboardofdirectorsfortheSoutheasternPennsylvaniaChapterof
theAmericanRedCrosssince2009.Gheysensalsoservesonthedean'sadvisory
committeefortheVillanovaSchoolofBusiness.GheysenshasbeenaMemberof
EconomicAdvisoryCouncilatFederalReserveBankofPhiladelphia,Inc.since
September18,2013.HeholdsaB.S.inaccountancyfromVillanovaUniversityandan
M.B.A.fromSt.Joseph'sUniversity.
Growing Up
Hegrewupin
Vineland,NewJersey
andworkedinhisyouthatcarwashesthathis
fatherowned.
HeattendedSt.MarySchoolin
EastVineland
andthenmovedonto
St.
AugustinePreparatorySchool
in
Richland,NewJersey
,graduatingin1989.
After
earningaB.S.inaccountingfrom
VillanovaUniversity
in1993,Gheysensearnedan
M.B.A.from
SaintJoseph'sUniversity
in2005,
bothlocatedin
Philadelphia
.Hisfamily
wouldspendtheirsummersatthe
JerseyShoreCommunity
of
SeaIsleCity
.
About
WAWA
WawaInc.
isachainof
conveniencestore
/
gasstations
locatedalongthe
EastCoastof
theUnitedStates
.Itoperatesin
Pennsylvania
,
NewJersey
,
Delaware
,
Maryland
,
Virginia
,and
Florida
.Thecompany'scorporateheadquartersislocatedinthe
Wawa
areaof
ChesterHeights,Pennsylvania
in
GreaterPhiladelphia
.Asof2008,Wawawas
thelargestconveniencestorechaininGreaterPhiladelphia,anditisalsothethird
largestretaileroffoodinGreaterPhiladelphia,after
ACMEMarkets
and
ShopRite
.