Best-selling author and speaker Michael Franzese was born into Mafia life as a second-generation member of the Colombo crime family. Called one of the biggest mob earners since Al Capone by Vanity Fair and featured in Fortune’s list of the fifty most powerful Mafia bosses, Michael left mob life behind after meeting his wife and serving eight years of a ten-year prison sentence.
Today, Michael Franzese is a new man, sharing the lessons he’s learned from organized crime with audiences around the world and mentoring thousands through his private online community and various media channels. Now, he mentors at-risk youth and shares the lessons he’s learned from organized crime with audiences around the country.