There has to be scenario's where the boss doesn't have the most money in the family
Of course, and there have also been associates worth more money than bosses. On paper, anyway.
I guarantee you that if you took Angelo Ponte's liquid assets, that he's worth more than the sitting heads of the Five Families combined right now. And again, that's just on paper (but maybe off, too ).
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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