Tampa siblings from noted family grow multimillion-dollar ice cream business

Max Chillura and his siblings run one of the best treat chains in Tampa Bay. Ice cream keeps them together.

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 a.m. April 9, 2024
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Max Chillura and his three siblings own and run Chill Bros. Scoop Shop. Max focuses on the ice cream.
Max Chillura and his three siblings own and run Chill Bros. Scoop Shop. Max focuses on the ice cream.
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Chill Bros. Scoop Shop. The ice cream store is locally famous, with deep roots in Tampa and plans to expand into Pinellas County. 

"I never thought ice cream would be the ultimate route," says Max Chillura, 29, the chief stakeholder and a University of Florida business graduate. "I worked a real estate job. I just could not stomach it."

 

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