Michael Franzese: I Made $1.4 Million A Day In The Mafia

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 19, 2024

Duration

2h 8m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Michael Franzese is an American former mafia member who served as a caporegime in the Colombo crime family. He is the best-selling author of books such as, ‘Blood Covenant’ and ‘I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse: Insider Business Tips from a Former Mob Boss’. 00:00 Intro 02:25 Who is Michael Franzese? 04:27 Inside a Mafia Family 06:32 My Dad Was A Mafia UnderBoss 10:35 How the Mafia Family is Structured 12:10 The History of the Colombo Family 17:33 Mafia Family Wars 18:50 What Happens at a Mafia Sitdown? 20:51 How the Mafia Decides Who Lives and Who Dies 21:20 Franzese’s Dad In Prison 23:30 Joining the Mafia: How Michael Franzese Became a Made Man 30:34 My Dad Was Involved in 35 Murders 33:56 How Does The Mafia Kill People? 36:15 Is There Mafia Training? What It Takes to Join 39:49 Choosing The Mafia Over My Loved Ones 40:56 The Mafia’s Manipulation Tactics 43:15 Business Lessons from the Mafia 44:58 How I Made Millions with the Gas Station Scam 52:02 Swearing the Mafia Oath 53:43 Why I Joined the Mafia 55:18 Mafia Members: Killers vs Rule Followers 57:52 Do We All Have the Instinct to Kill? 59:51 How Seeing a Dead Body Changed My Life Forever 01:05:20 “He Had To Kill His Father” 01:09:31 The Moment My Dad Betrayed Me 01:14:25 Was All the Money Illegal? 01:15:33 How Mafia Life Helped My Business Success 01:16:56 When Does Everything Come Crashing Down? 01:21:51 How Easy Is It to Order a Murder in the Mafia 01:23:53 Money Rules in the Mafia 01:29:24 How the FBI Tracked My Bank Accounts 01:30:31 Where I Hid My Mafia Money 01:33:48 What It’s Really Like Behind Bars 01:35:55 “I Was Kept in Solitary Confinement” 01:38:24 How I Survived Solitary Confinement Without Losing My Mind 01:42:46 How Power Is Maintained in the Mob 01:44:36 My Dad Didn’t Stand Up for Me 01:49:10 Reconnecting with My Father After Betrayal 01:52:42 The Mafia Stories I Can’t Tell 01:54:31 What I Struggle with 01:55:51 What Do People Want To Know About You? 01:59:24 Micromanaging 02:03:08 The Last Guest Question 02:05:30 Michael Franzese’s Closing Message to the Audience Follow Michael: YouTube - https://g2ul0.app.link/iOcSgJkX4Lb Twitter - https://g2ul0.app.link/dXbcRafX4Lb Instagram - https://g2ul0.app.link/pRuoUtiX4Lb Website - https://g2ul0.app.link/toKs7zS9cMb You can buy Michael’s book, ‘I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse’, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/JDOamnFm5Lb You can learn more about Franzese Wines, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/HaBZW6W9cMb You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Linkedin Ads: https://www.linkedin.com/doac24

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Steven Bartlett

  host

• Michael Franzese

  guest

• Narrator

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Steven Bartlett and Michael Franzese, Michael Franzese: I Made $1.4 Million A Day In The Mafia explores from Mafia Millions To Moral Reckoning: Michael Franzese Reborn Former Colombo crime family captain Michael Franzese reflects on his journey from being a top-earning Mafia racketeer, making up to $10 million a week, to a Christian speaker and legitimate businessman. He explains the inner workings of the American Mafia: its structure, rules, sit-down culture, and the brutal consequences for breaking its code. Franzese shares how his father’s influence drew him into organized crime, how betrayal and family devastation shattered his loyalty, and how love for his wife and faith pushed him to walk away despite a death contract on his life. Throughout, he extracts business, leadership, and negotiation lessons from his criminal past while insisting people are not permanently defined by their worst chapters.

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