Arnold Rothstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arnold Rothstein

Jewish American mobster

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1882

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, United States

Date of Death: 05-Nov-1928

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Arnold Rothstein

  • Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 – November 6, 1928), nicknamed "the Brain", was an American racketeer, businessman and gambler who became a kingpin of the Jewish mob in New York City.
  • Rothstein was widely reputed to have organized corruption in professional athletics, including conspiring to fix the 1919 World Series.
  • He was also a mentor of future crime bosses Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello and numerous others. According to crime writer Leo Katcher, Rothstein "transformed organized crime from a thuggish activity by hoodlums into a big business, run like a corporation, with himself at the top".
  • According to Rich Cohen, Rothstein was the person who first realized that Prohibition was a business opportunity, a means to enormous wealth, who "understood the truths of early century capitalism (giving people what they want) and came to dominate them".
  • His notoriety inspired several fictional characters based on his life, portrayed in contemporary and later short stories, novels, musicals and films. Rothstein refused to pay a large debt resulting from a fixed poker game and was murdered in 1928.
  • His illegal empire was broken up and distributed among a number of other underworld organizations and led in part to the downfall of Tammany Hall and the rise of reformer Fiorello La Guardia.
  • Ten years after his death, his brother declared Rothstein's estate was bankrupt.

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