About Jim Ippoliti

Jim Ippoliti is not just an attorney but is also a successful career entrepreneur and passionate about giving back to the community. Jim began his career in the international hospitality industry. After several years managing resort hotels, he opened his first restaurant, Hooligans Café, before proceeding to open four additional restaurants. He sold his company in 2003 and moved from Syracuse, New York, to Celebration, Florida.

As an active member of the community, Jim regularly devotes himself to local children’s charities. He and his brother Jeff Ippoliti founded the Celebration Exotic Car Festival, which has become the largest charity exotic car event in the country. This event is run solely by volunteers and is privileged to have donated over $2.5 million to numerous children’s charities, including Make-a-Wish, Special Olympics, and the Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital.

The Celebration Exotic Car Festival was recognized by Man Made Magazine as one of the “Five Best Exotic Car Shows in the World.” Additionally, Jim has both volunteered at and managed several celebrity golf events, such as the charity tournaments for actors Carl Weathers and Chris McDonald, PGA golf pros John Daly and Robert Gamez, Texas State University, Troops First, and Working Warriors.