Jesuit alum adds $1M as campus plan advances

Ron Antinori’s latest $1M gift pushes his Jesuit giving past $3M.

Chuck Merlis February 19, 2026

Ron Antinori ’60 has committed another $1 million to Jesuit High School, extending one of the most consequential alumni giving relationships in the school’s modern history.

The gift pushes Antinori’s total support past $3 million and comes as Jesuit advances the next phase of its campus master plan.

Ron Antinori and a guest attend a Jesuit High School event in Tampa. — Ron Antinori ’60, right, and Susan Antinori attend a Jesuit High School event in Tampa. (Courtesy photo)

School leaders said the new contribution will support continued campus improvements, with additional projects expected to be announced later this year.

“Ron Antinori’s continued leadership and transformational investment in the lives of our students is an incredible demonstration of confidence and trust in the mission of Jesuit High School,” said Nick Suszynski ’98, Jesuit’s director of development. “His generosity advances that mission and strengthens Jesuit for future generations. We are incredibly grateful for Ron sharing our vision of forming young men in the Tampa Bay area.”

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Antinori’s prior $2 million leadership capital gift funded the 32,000-square-foot Antinori Center for the Arts, which opened in 2023. The building includes the Bailey Family Music Wing and the Shembekar Auditorium and now anchors the school’s performing arts programming.

Last fall, the center hosted a President’s Circle performance featuring Italian maestro Sandro Ivo Bartoli. Its lobby features a triptych by sacred artist Raul Berzosa of Malaga, Spain.

Antinori founded Antinori Software, later Carreker-Antinori, and launched Rapido!, a classical music composition competition. He has served on the boards of The Atlanta Opera and The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

His support of Jesuit also includes the 2016 naming of a computer lab in memory of his parents, Paul and Rosa Antinori.

Founded in 1899, Jesuit High School is a private, all-male Catholic institution serving the Tampa Bay region.

Why It Matters

Major alumni gifts shape how private schools grow. For Jesuit, sustained investment from a graduate whose name already marks a signature campus building reinforces fundraising momentum as the school prepares its next round of capital improvements.