Frank Costello Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Frank "the Prime Minister" Costello (born Francesco Castiglia; January 26, 1891 – February 18, 1973) was an Italian-American gangster and crime boss. Costello rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States, and enjoyed political influence.Nicknamed "The Prime Minister of the Underworld," he became one of the most powerful and influential mob bosses in American history, eventually leading the Luciano crime family (later called the Genovese crime family), one of the Five Families that operates in New York.
Full Name
Frank Costello
Net Worth
$19 Million
Date Of Birth
January 26, 1891
Died
February 18, 1973, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Mario Puzo modeled the character of Don Vito Corleone in his book "The Godfather" on New York mob bosses Frank Costello (January 21, 1891 - February 18, 1973), who was nicknamed the "Prime Minister of the Mob" for his deft handling of La Cosa Nostra, and Vito Genovese (November 27, 1897 - February 14, 1969), a brutal man who almost achieved his dream of making himself "capo di tutti capi" ("Boss of Bosses"). Much of the action of the book is based on actual events that occurred in the lives of Costello, Genovese and his accomplices. Costello would become one of the most powerful and influential mob bosses in history, and his appearance before the 1951 Kefauver Commission hearings into the mob, which were televised (but which only showed Costello's hands as he refused to have his face photographed), made him the most famous mobster of the 1950s.
