Adam Weitsman

Adam Weitsman is the owner and chief executive officer of Upstate Shredding – Weitsman Recycling, with interests in restaurants and consumer brands. He collects stoneware and NFTs and has donated objects to the New York State Museum.

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Key facts

1980Beginning a Stoneware Collection

In 1980, Weitsman began collecting American decorated stoneware.⁠[1]

1986Education and Work in Art

After graduating from Owego Free Academy in 1986, he moved to New York City, took art and business courses at Long Island University and New York University, worked at Hirschl & Adler Galleries, and later opened a folk-art gallery.⁠[2]

1996Establishing a Recycling Business

In August 1996, Weitsman proposed Upstate Shredding to Tioga County economic-development officials. About six months later, he opened a 17-acre site in Owego.⁠[3]

That year, he began donating stoneware to the New York State Museum.⁠[1]

2004Bank Fraud Sentence

In 2004, Weitsman was sentenced to a year and a day for bank fraud. He served eight months.⁠[4]

2005Acquiring the Family Business

After his father retired in 2005, he acquired Ben Weitsman & Son and expanded the recycling business through further acquisitions.⁠[3]

2008Museum Exhibition

In 2008, the New York State Museum opened an exhibition of his stoneware collection.⁠[1]

2010Closure of The Krebs

After The Krebs closed in 2010, Adam and Kim Weitsman bought it. The restaurant states that its net profits support charities serving women and children in Central New York.⁠[5]

2023Proposed Environmental Settlement

In July 2023, the EPA and Justice Department announced a proposed settlement of Clean Air Act allegations against Upstate Shredding, LLC and Weitsman Shredding, LLC. The companies would pay a $400,000 penalty and install pollution controls. Court approval was still pending at the time.⁠[6]

Weitsman questioned emissions estimates based on equipment capacity and said testing and litigation costs informed his decision to cooperate on corrective measures.⁠[7]

March 2025GLOSSLAB Acquisition Announcement

An announcement dated March 7 stated that Weitsman had acquired GLOSSLAB and planned to expand it from nail services into beauty products and lifestyle offerings.⁠[8]

June 2025OLUJO Product Launch

OLUJO, founded by Weitsman in collaboration with Larsa Pippen and Oliver Camilo, launched its first añejo tequila on June 25.⁠[9]

September 2025Reporting on the HV-MTL Acquisition

By September 2025, Weitsman had acquired the HV-MTL NFT project from Faraway Games and announced plans to develop it with Gabe8bit.⁠[10]

November 2025Meebits Collecting

An interview article published in November 2025 described his purchase of 229 Meebits MeebitsMeebits is a collection of 20,000 generative 3D voxel characters and Ethereum NFTs launched by Larva Labs in 2021. Created by Matt Hall and John Watkinson, its intellectual property passed to Yuga Labs in 2022 and The Meebit Company (MeebCo) in 2025. Character files support 3D creation, virtual worlds and physical production.Open the full entry in an over-the-counter transaction at an undisclosed price. He said he had never sold an NFT; this was his own account.⁠[11]

May 2026Supporting Student Startups

In early May 2026, Weitsman judged SUNY Cortland’s Innovation Day and provided $45,000 in total to six student startups.⁠[12]

October 2026Azúcar Expansion Plan

On October 15, the ready-to-drink cocktail brand Azúcar, owned by Weitsman, announced plans to expand retail distribution in Texas and named Haley and Hanna Cavinder as creative directors.⁠[13]