Bob Sheetz was an American businessman who owned Sheetz, a gas station and convenience store empire in the eastern United States.
Biography[]
Bob Sheetz was the son of a dairy store owner in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and he bought one of his father's stores in 1952 and opened a new store in 1963. He worked with his brother Steve to expand the company, planning to open a new Sheetz shop each year. By 1972, the company had 14 stores, and Sheetz introduced self-serve gasoline to central Pennsylvania when he installed gasoline pumps at his stores in 1973. By 1983, the brothers had opened 100 stores in Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, and he retired a year later, leaving control of the company to his family.