Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 3, 2005

THOMAS STIRNWEIS – GETTY REALTY CORPORATION (GTY)

THOMAS J. STIRNWEIS has served as Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Getty Realty Corp. since May 2003. He joined Getty on January 1, 2001 as Corporate Controller and Treasurer. Prior to joining Getty, he was Manager of Financial Reporting and Analysis at Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc., where he provided services to Getty under a services agreement since the spin-off of Marketing in March 1997. Prior to that, he held the same position at Getty from 1988. Mr. Stirnweis serves as the firm's principal financial and accounting officer. Mr. Stirnweis began his career in public accounting where he was an auditor with Deloitte Touche and is a Certified Public Accountant. He graduated from Hofstra University with a BBA, majoring in Accounting. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief historical sketch of Getty Realty Corp.

and an overview of the company as it is now?

Mr. Stirnweis: The company was founded 50 years ago with the ownership

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