Richest Mobsters

Who were the richest mobsters in history?

Thanks.

GAMBINO , CATENA ,LUCCHESE,MIKE MIRANDA, LANSKY. FROM 1938 - 57 who made more money than COSTELLO . DONT SLEEP ON BONNANO , for a ten year period 50- 59 all the families bought his drug's

Tony Salerno.

The ones who are/were the richest/wealthiest do not advertise it, let it be known, freely spend their money, or are not that open about it like the people Barry wrote about it and others have been.

That's why I really don't post in these threads. There's no way of really knowing. Wiseguys don't leave financial records for posterity.

I forgot his name but there posts on here he was profaci brother inlaw they have till this day the largest liquor distribution in nyc there grandkids run it today.

Have read before where one of Carlo Gambinos sons is very wealthy due. Tommy perhaps?

To that point: Hank Messick, a tabloid author, wrote in his book that Lansky was the richest and most powerful mobster--"worth $300 million." But Lansky was one of the rare few gangsters who had a competent biographer. Robert Lacey, in "Little Man - Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life," interviewed Messick, who said he heard the $300 million figure second-hand and ran with it. Lacey estimated that Lansky was worth $5 - $6 million at his peak--not chickenfeed then or now, but hardly the stuff of $300 million. "He was the accountant, not the boss," Lacey concluded. Too bad for Lansky: the Justice Dept. got incensed by the $300 million figure and harassed Lansky for the rest of his life.

Some OC writers believe that Louis (Lepke) Bucholter was the richest gangster in history. No way of confirming that.

Carlos Marcello did pretty well with legit businesses like hotels,bars,shrimp boats,etc. Add this to Mob income and he ranks in the top earners.
Capone was up there as well,but he didn't have any lasting competition during his reign.
When you look at the drug dealers and Cartels,they make the Mafia look like paperboys.Escobar,Lederer,and others were billionaires.
Even New York guys like Nicky Barnes and Frank Lucas were pulling down millions of dollars every week.
In the drug business,there is so much cash,that it is easier to just weigh money rather than count it.

Surley Pablo Escobar would be the richest for hard cash..

Apparently Guzman surpassed Escobar in wealth.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/...drug-lord-ever/

There's not point being dirt rich if you can't enjoy spending it.The only thing he'll spend it on is bribes and pay offs as he's on the run..

Reports have my networth at around 70 million

actually it is really easy to answer the question. The richest ever should be Al Calpone. His syndicate took in some millions in the 20's, what would now in todays dollars billions

He was caught a few months ago.

I totally agree. No way to know for sure. These guys were very secretive about their wealth. There are numerous articles, estimates, guesses. Here's a link to one. Take all the info with a big grain of Morton's salt. This is an old one.

http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1986/Fortun...6cad8d51020b34a

misnomer...the Ochoas had more.

BONNANO made millions from 1932 to his death in 2000 ... just stating the fact's . and he had CANADA under his control for a long period of time .