Al Capone. The first name that everyone thinks of when you say “mob boss” or “gangster” is Al Capone. So, obviously, our list begins with him.
1. Al Capone. Al Capone, also known as Scarface, was one the most famous gangsters who rose to prominence during the Prohibition era in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899 to Italian immigrant parents.
Five Families, moniker given to the five major Italian American Mafia families in New York City: Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese. The families and their inner workings were publicly revealed in 1963, when a Mafia soldier testified at a congressional hearing.
#1: 'Ndrangheta
While pop culture has propped up the Sicilian Mafia, it's 'Ndrangheta that has the true stranglehold on illicit mob activity. Like the Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta started in Italy - specifically the region of Calabria - before emigration made their enterprise more powerful and widespread.
Charles "Lucky" Luciano was an Italian-American mobster, considered the founder and father of organized crime in America and the most powerful Mafia boss of all time.
Torrio had several nicknames, primarily "The Fox" for his cunning and finesse. The US Treasury official Elmer Irey considered him "the biggest gangster in America" and wrote, "He was the smartest and, I dare say, the best of all the hoodlums.
According to Biography, by 1929 notorious Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone had a fortune of $100 million: or as much as $18.6 billion in today's money.
The grand don of world crime bosses has to be Semion Mogilevich of Russia. Multiple websites mention Mogilevich – 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing about 300 pounds and a heavy smoker – as first among his mobster peers, if he has any.
Griselda Blanco (1943 – 2012)
At her peak in the 1970s and '80s, Griselda Blanco became the first-ever billionaire criminal, earning $80 million a month from the proceeds of smuggling cocaine from Colombia to the US.
Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States for the establishment of the Commission in 1931, after he abolished the boss of bosses title held by Salvatore Maranzano following the Castellammarese War. He was also the first official boss of the modern Genovese crime family.
It also estimated that the Genovese family consists of about 270 "made" members. The family maintains power and influence in New York, New Jersey, Atlantic City and Florida. It is recognized as the most powerful Mafia family in the U.S., a distinction brought about by their continued devotion to secrecy.
James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975; declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971. Brazil, Indiana, U.S. Bloomfield Township, Michigan, U.S.
Upon his death from a torturous, four-day bout with pneumonia in 1932, Frank McErlane was described by Chicago Police as the “toughest gangster of them all.” His ruthless bootlegging peers in the Windy City feared him so much they reportedly paid him a “pension” of hundreds of dollars a week just to stay out of town.
Albert Anastasia. Known as “Mad Hatter” and “Lord High Executioner,” Anastasia was responsible for thousands of deaths during his reign of terror in the '30s and '40s and is considered one of the deadliest criminals of all time by the FBI. Anastasia made his big break in the mob as one of the bosses of Murder, Inc.
/mɑl/ Other forms: molls. A woman who's the companion or conspirator to a gangster can be called a moll. One of the most famous molls was Bonnie Parker, of the criminal duo Bonnie and Clyde.
Among those connected to gang activity are the female partners of gang members. The present study found that gangster-girlfriends (GGs) are good for a range of purposes, tasks and roles which often hold significant weight in gang operations.
Jeff Bezos
It all started when Bezos was working on Wall Street and saw a gap in the market for selling products online and its potential.
The valuations of Gina Rinehart ($37.41 billion) and Andrew Forrest ($33.29 billion), the richest and second-richest Australians for the fourth year in a row, surged 10 per cent and 8 per cent respectively as listed-market analysts re-rated their outlook for red Pilbara dirt.
The current richest family in the world is the Walton Family with a net worth of $173.1 billion.
W ith a name like MrBeast, perhaps it was only inevitable that he'd grow to be as big as he's become. The 23 year old earned $54 million in 2021—the most of any YouTuber ever—as his videos accumulated 10 billion views, doubling from the previous year.