Mr. Lippman is the Jewish owner of Pendant Publishing and Elaine's boss for the first half of the series. He is divorced and has a son, Adam Lippman. Elaine makes numerous descisions that upset Mr. Lippman, such as recommending Marion's book of poetry that brought Kramer to tears in “The Library” (in "The Library" Mr. Lippman is played by Harris Shore). She convinced him to hire George in “The Red Dot”, whom Mr. Lippman later fires for having sex with the cleaning woman on his desk.