Vito Genovese
About
Infamous Italian-American mobster and head of the notorious Genovese crime family. He was involved in the famous Castellammarese Mafia War of the early 1930s.
Before Fame
He stopped going to school after the fifth grade.
Trivia
In 1930, local authorities found $1 million in counterfeit money in his New York home.
Family Life
Born in Italy, he moved to New York at the age of fifteen. He vowed to marry Anna Petrillo shortly after his first wife's death, although Petrillo was already married at the time.
Associated With
One of his childhood friends was Cosa Nostra founder Lucky Luciano.
