I think there's more to it than that, although being secretive is certainly a factor. Wanna know what I think?

In my opinion the reason they're the most powerful today is because they were the most powerful yesterday. There's an old saying: Nothing succeeds like success. The Genovese have it. The Genovese keep it. In business, when you've been out front for so long, you tend to stay out front. It's not mutually exclusive to the street.

I hate to use this analogy for fear of coming off like a douchebag fanboy, which all of the senior posters here know that I'm not, but the Genovese family are like the Yankees organization. They're always competitive because they've always been competitive.