Salvatore Maranzano
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Salvatore Maranzano Net Worth

Salvatore Maranzano was an influential American mafia boss from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, who led the Castellammarese War against his rival Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria and subsequently dethroned him as the mafia's capo di tutti capi ("boss of all bosses"). However, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who had helped him in the war against Masseria, later turned against him and had him murdered. Joseph Bonanno, Maranzano's protégé and later his underboss, took over most of his rackets after his death and established the Bonanno crime family. Maranzano has been a well-known figure in popular culture and has been mentioned several times in crime fictions, movies and television shows.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Mafia Boss
Birth Day July 31, 1886
Birth Place Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy, United States
Age 133 YEARS OLD
Died On September 10, 1931(1931-09-10) (aged 45)\nManhattan, New York, United States
Birth Sign Leo
Other names "Little Caesar"
Occupation Crime boss, mobster
Allegiance Maranzano Crime Family

💰 Net worth: $16 Million (2024)

Salvatore Maranzano, famously known as a Mafia Boss in the United States, has an estimated net worth of $16 million projected for 2024. Maranzano rose to prominence during Prohibition, leading one of the most influential crime organizations in New York City. With his strategic skills and ability to consolidate power, Maranzano established himself as a key figure in the Italian-American Mafia. However, his reign as a boss was cut short when he was assassinated in 1931 during the infamous Castellammarese War. Despite his untimely demise, Maranzano's legacy as a revered and feared mobster remains intact, and his net worth serves as a testament to his impact on the criminal underworld.

Biography/Timeline

1931

Luciano arranged for Bugsy Siegel, Samuel "Red" Levine, and two other Gangsters to go to Maranzano's offices on September 10, 1931, posing as accountants or tax men. Once inside his 9th floor office, in the New York Central Building, they disarmed Maranzano's guards. The four assassins then shot and stabbed Maranzano to death. As they fled down the stairs, they met Coll on his way upstairs for his appointment with Maranzano. They warned him that there had been a raid, and Coll fled, too.

2014

However, Maranzano's scheming, his arrogant treatment of his subordinates, and his fondness for comparing his organization to the Roman Empire (he attempted to model the organization after Caesar's military chain of command) did not sit well with Luciano and his ambitious friends, like Vito Genovese, Frank Costello, and others. Indeed, Luciano came to believe that Maranzano was, in his own way, even more hidebound and power-hungry than Masseria had been. Despite his advocacy for modern methods of organization, including crews of Soldiers doing the bulk of a family's illegal work under the supervision of a caporegime, at heart Maranzano was a "Mustache Pete" — an old-school mafioso too steeped in Old World ways. For instance, he was opposed to Luciano's partnership with Jewish Gangsters such as Meyer Lansky and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. In fact, Luciano and his colleagues had intended all along to bide their time before getting rid of Maranzano as well.

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