Chestnut Group named Ryan Oettinger as its new CEO, effective immediately, the convenience-store chain said Monday.
Oettinger (pictured below) will succeed the four founding brothers—Mickey, Sal, Sam and Cal Jamal. The brothers will transition from executive management roles to serve as the company’s board of directors, providing strategic oversight and ensuring continuity of New Paltz, New York-based Chestnut Market’s values and culture. Oettinger will report directly to the board.
Oettinger has more than two decades of experience in convenience retailing, wholesale petroleum sales, marketing, c-store operations and technology.
Prior to Chestnut, he worked at Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Greensboro, North Carolina, as vice president and general manager of retail solutions for North America. He spent three years at Pilot Co., Knoxville, Tennessee, where he rose to senior director of enterprise and IT service delivery. He also had a 16-year career at Houston-based Chevronwhere he ended as head of retail fuel sales for Southern California, Las Vegas and Arizona.
“I am humbled, honored and thankful to lead Chestnut Group at such an exciting time,” said Oettinger. “This company has a remarkable legacy of team development and growth, and I look forward to working shoulder to shoulder with our talented team members, partners and the board to build on that foundation.”
- Chestnut Market is No. 89 on CSP’s 2025 Top 202 ranking of U.S. convenience-store chains by total number of company-owned retail outlets.
Founded in the early 1980s by the Jamal brothers, Chestnut Group has expanded to 80 locations across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. It is also a petroleum marketer, distributing fuel to more than 250 sites in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Fuel brands include Exxon, Mobil, Shell, bp and Gulf.
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