Carlo gambino net worth

American mobster

Carlo Gambino (Italian:[ˈkarloɡamˈbiːno]; August 24, ^{[nb 1]}&#;– October 15, ) was a Sicilian crime boss who was the leader and namesake of the Gambino crime family of New York City.

Following the Apalachin Meeting in , and the imprisonment of Vito Genovese in , Gambino took over the Commission of the American Mafia and played a powerful role in organized crime until his death from a heart attack in During a criminal career that spanned over fifty years, Gambino served only twenty-two months in prison for a tax evasion charge in

Early life and family

Carlo Gambino was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on August 24, ,^{[nb 1]} to a family that belonged to a Sicilian Mafia gang from Passo di Rigano.^[3] He had two brothers: Gaspare, who was not involved with the Mafia, and Paolo, who was a part of what would become the Gambino crime family.

His parents were Italian immigrants Tommaso Gambino and Felice Castellano