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Business & Entrepreneurship
Michael Franzese
b. 1951Brooklyn, NYItalian American descendantLiving
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Why Included
Former Colombo crime family capo turned Christian speaker
Biography
Former Colombo crime family capo turned Christian speaker; one of the youngest and most financially successful mafia figures before leaving the life. Left organized crime; became Christian speaker; wrote Son of the Mob and multiple books; walked away from the mob alive
Notable For
- Former Colombo crime family capo turned Christian speaker
- one of the youngest and most financially successful mafia figures before leaving the life
Honors & Recognition
- Left organized crime
- became Christian speaker
- wrote Son of the Mob and multiple books
- walked away from the mob alive
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Business & Entrepreneurship
- Specialty
- Entrepreneurship/Reformed Mob
- Years
- b. 1951
- Birth Place
- Brooklyn, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Italian
- Ancestry Verification
- Needs Review
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