Ari Emanuel

From a $375K charity Pokémon box to the world's biggest Pokémon show

Camillo bought a $375,000 Pokémon box for a charity party in Vegas and lost money on the event. Someone he met there pitched a convention, so he invested about $600,000 and helped grow it to 20 shows and 700,000 attendees. Collect-A-Con later sold to Ari Emanuel for what Camillo called an insane amount of money.

“I invested, I want to say $600,000. into the company. I took a minority but massive stake in the company, and I helped build this conference starting with one show in a small hotel convention room in Frisco, Texas. And 4 years later, we were throwing 20 shows, 700,000 attendees, the biggest Pokémon trade show in the world. Massive success.”