yes he called the shots in Chicago for 50+ years, had no other competition in Illinois and ran the rackets during Chicago's most lucrative time period. he had all unions to himself, took a nice percentage from KC, Rockford and Milwaukee and had vegas casinos and the skim money. nobody will ever be able to determine if his net worth is more than certain NY mobsters, but he was the real power in chicago, not giancana, aiuppa etc, they were figureheads to keep LE attention off of accardo.