Michael Franzese

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Franzese
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	May 27, 1951(1951-05-27)
Age	73
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Taurus

Michael Franzese Biography

Michael Franzese is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on May 27, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. An activist, author, and motivational speaker who established the Breaking Out Foundation to help young people avoid crime and addiction. He was a mobster from New York who was involved with gasoline tax rackets in the 1980’s.

He discusses his interactions with In his autobiography Quitting the Mob, he discusses his dealings with John Gotti. in his autobiography Quitting the Mob.

Franzese was born on May 27, 1951, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, to John “Sonny” Franzese, a Colombo crime family underboss, and Cristina Capobianco-Franzese, although Michael had initially questioned his actual biological father. Franzese had initially believed that he had been adopted by John after his mother divorced Frank Grillo, who Franzese thought to be his biological father. Michael claims he had gone by the name “Michael Grillo” until he was 18 years old. However, it was later discovered that John, already married with three children, had gotten the 16-year-old Capobianco, a cigarette girl at the Stork Club in Manhattan, pregnant with Michael, so Capobianco married Grillo to avoid having a scandal surrounding having a child out of wedlock. After the mob allowed John to divorce his first wife, Grillo disappeared, and he married Capobianco.

Michael Franzese (born May 27, 1951) is an American former New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss John Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s.

He is the son crime boss He is the son of crime boss John Franzese. He married Camille Garcia and has children named Julia, Amanda and Miquelle.. He was married to Camille Garcia, and they have three children: Amanda, Julia and Miquelle.

Michael Franzese Net Worth

Michael Franzese is one of the richest Activist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Franzese 's net worth $1 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was raised in Brooklyn, New York as part of the notorious Colombo crime clan. He was a Hofstra University student, but he decided to devote himself to organized crime.

He claimed to have coerced New York Yankees player who owed money Colombo family loansharks in order to “fix” their baseball games.

Franzese was briefly mentored by Colombo soldier Joseph “Joe-Joe” Vitacco (1927–1980). Although Franzese recounts this ceremony had taken place in 1975, the membership books reportedly were not reopened until 1976 (they had been closed since 1957).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Michael Franzese Dating?

According to our records, Michael Franzese married to Camille Garcia. As of December 1, 2023, Michael Franzese’s is not dating anyone.

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By 1980, Franzese was a partner with booking agent Norby Walters in his firm. Franzese’s role was to intimidate existing and prospective clients. In 1981, Franzese successfully extorted a role for Walters in the US tour by singer Michael Jackson and his brothers. In 1982, the manager for singer Dionne Warwick wanted to drop Walters as an agent; Franzese met with the manager and persuaded him to keep Walters.

Facts & Trivia

Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Franzese celebrates birthday on May 27 of every year.

In 1980, Franzese had become a caporegime of a crew of 300.

How much money does Michael Franzese have now?

Michael Franzese
Citizenship| American
Occupation| Mobster (former), motivational speaker, writer
Height| 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Where is Michael Franzese today?

By 2003, he was almost entirely free of the mafia, mostly because everyone was either dead or in prison. That’ll do it! Today he has his own YouTube show called Michael Franzese: Stories & Lessons From a Former Mobster where he interviews people like actor Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale).

What was Michael Franzese rank?

About Keynote Speaker Michael Franzese Franzese was “one of the biggest money earners the Mob had seen since Al Capone” and the youngest individuals on Fortune magazine’s list of The Fifty Biggest Mafia Bosses, ranking #18 , just five behind John Gotti.

Who is the No 1 gangster in the world?

Al Capone is perhaps the most notorious gangster of all time, and also one of the richest.

Is Michael Franzese still rich?

Net Worth:$1 Million
Profession:| Boss, Film Producer
Nationality:| United States of America