Age, Biography and Wiki
Meyer Lansky was an American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States. Active in the Jewish mob, Lansky was known as the "Mob's Accountant" for his financial acumen and played a major role in the consolidation of the criminal underworld.
Born in Grodno, Russian Empire (now Hrodna, Belarus), Lansky immigrated to the United States in 1911 and settled in New York City. He established a criminal empire that stretched across the United States and to Europe and South America. He was known for his business acumen and financial advice, which he used to help other mobsters make money.
Lansky was also involved in gambling operations and owned several casinos in Las Vegas, including the Flamingo Hotel. He was also involved in the development of the Bahamas as a tax haven for the mob.
Lansky died in 1983 at the age of 81. He was estimated to have a net worth of $300 million at the time of his death.
Popular As |
Maier Suchowljansky |
Occupation |
actor |
Age |
81 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
Born |
4 July, 1902 |
Birthday |
4 July |
Birthplace |
Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus] |
Date of death |
16 January, 1983 |
Died Place |
New York City, New York, USA |
Nationality |
Belarus |
We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 4 July.
He is a member of famous Actor with the age 81 years old group.
Meyer Lansky Height, Weight & Measurements
At 81 years old, Meyer Lansky height is 5' 5" (1.65 m) .
Physical Status |
Height |
5' 5" (1.65 m) |
Weight |
Not Available |
Body Measurements |
Not Available |
Eye Color |
Not Available |
Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Wife |
Not Available |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
Not Available |
Meyer Lansky Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Meyer Lansky worth at the age of 81 years old? Meyer Lansky’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Belarus. We have estimated
Meyer Lansky's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
House |
Not Available |
Cars |
Not Available |
Source of Income |
Actor |
Meyer Lansky Social Network
Instagram |
|
Linkedin |
|
Twitter |
|
Facebook |
|
Wikipedia |
|
Imdb |
|
Timeline
He was portrayed by Anatol Yusef in Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014).
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 486-488. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
Much as the character Moe Greene in The Godfather (1972) was based on Lansky's associate Bugsy Siegel, the character of Hyman Roth from The Godfather: Part II (1974) was based on Lansky.
He was so elusive that the FBI gave up monitoring him in the mid 1970's.
Lansky's fortunes began to wane, however, in the late 1960s when the U. S. government went after him for income tax evasion. He fled to Israel, and claimed citizenship there as a returning Jew. However, after legal wrangling with the Israeli government, Lansky's visa was revoked and he was deported back to the U. S. He stood trial, but managed to avoid conviction, reportedly because of his extensive political connections.
In the 1950s Lansky formed a friendship with Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, and the mob was given basically a blank check to run all the rackets in Cuba, especially the gambling casinos, prostitution and drug smuggling, with a large cut of the profits going to Batista. From Cuba Lansky spread his gambling and prostitution rackets to other South American countries, and even had a hand--although not a public one--in the casinos in Hong Kong and Macao.
Polish-born Meyer Lansky emigrated to New York with his family and grew up in the Lower East Side. It was there that he ran into Bugsy Siegel, at the time a teenaged neighborhood gangster, and the two would remain lifelong friends. When Lansky saw the kinds of money Siegel was making from his various illegal activities--mainly gambling--he decided that this was the line of work for him. His specialty was the floating crap game, and he was so successful at that and other gambling schemes that he and Siegel soon controlled a large gang that was known as the Bugs and Meyer Mob. The gang's size, and Lansky's business acumen, attracted the attention of another local gangster, Lucky Luciano, who approached Lansky and invited him to participate in his idea of forming a national criminal syndicate. The Prohibition Era was a goldmine for Lansky and other gangsters, and he, Siegel and Luciano became incredibly wealthy from bootlegging, prostitution, drug smuggling, gambling and other rackets. In the 1930s Luciano's dream of a national crime commission became a reality, and Lansky was appointed to a seat on its board of directors. Lansky's specialty was financial matters and he proved to be a genius at laundering the mob's illegal profits and squeezing every last penny from its legal and illegal investments. When his friend Luciano was sent to prison, Lansky managed to get him an early release by ensuring his cooperation with the U. S. government in its preparation for the invasion of Sicily. After Luciano was deported to Italy, Lansky took over the management of his empire. Friendship only went so far in the mob, however. His good friend Siegel got into trouble by wasting millions of dollars of "wiseguy" money building Las Vegas, and when the decision was made to have him killed, Lansky went along with it.