PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Herbert D. Weitzman is Executive Chairman of Weitzman. In 1990, after nearly 30 years in the real estate business, Weitzman founded the company, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm that now ranks as one of the largest retail-focused real estate services firms based in Texas. On the brokerage side, Weitzman leases a retail portfolio of approximately 44 million square feet in Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. As a property manager, Weitzman is responsible for managing a statewide portfolio of more than 22 million square feet of retail and commercial properties.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- the 2022 Gifford K. Johnson Community Leadership Award from the University of Texas at Dallas
- The 2018 Dallas Business Hall of Fame
- The 2017 Urban Land Institute Impact Award for career impact on Dallas-Fort Worth
- The 2016 "Pioneer" award for commercial real estate innovation from D CEO magazine
- The 2016 "Lifetime Achievement" award for excellence in commercial real estate from the Dallas Business Journal
- The Bnai Zion Foundation honor for outstanding contributions - 2013
- The Southwest Jewish Congress Flame of Honor award - 2009
- The 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Southwest for outstanding achievement in Commercial Real Estate
- The Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame, 2004 induction
- The 1998 Spirit of Achievement Award from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center
- The Distinguished Alumni Business School Award from the University of Texas at Austin
- The Anti-Defamation League Henry Cohn Humanitarian Award
- The Top Retail Broker in the D/FW Metroplex Award -- Dallas Business Journal and North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors’ ranking.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITY
Weitzman has a long history of civic and professional involvement, including:
- The 2022 Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala Chair, with Donna Weitzman, involving organizing and fundraising for the Symphony's signature benefit event.
- The International Council of Shopping Centers Foundation, Board of Directors
- The Real Estate Council, Board of Directors
- The International Council of Shopping Centers, former Trustee, current member
- National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Board of Directors
- MD Anderson Cancer Center's Board of Visitors
- Dallas Summer Musicals, Board of Directors
- The American Jewish Committee, board member
- The Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, board member
- The University of Texas at Dallas Holocaust Studies Program, Board of Directors
- Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, Advisory Council
- NACORE (National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives), member
- SIOR, former president, current member, D-FW Chapter
EDUCATION
Weitzman received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin.
