Adjusted for inflation, Al Capone’s Net Worth was $150 million at his peak. He is an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era and was the boss of the Chicago Outfit.
Suffering from a neural disease after his arrest, Al Capone has lost memory of over $15 million in cash which he has buried at various locations only known to him. Adolf Hitler’s Net Worth at Death
How did Al Capone get rich?
As a teenager, Al Capone joined the ‘Five Points Gang’ and worked as a bouncer for a daily salary of $1. Since his job was mostly at affluent brothels, he started earning huge tips.
One night, Al Capone saw a person being mugged at the brothel and saved his life. The person happens to be Johnny Torrio, head of a criminal syndicate that illegally supplied alcohol.
Torrio has taken Al Capone with him to Chicago and made him his personal bodyguard.
Capone slowly started gaining the trust of Torrino and did more than just protect him.
He was earning over $2,000 per month from Torrino’s business (which is equal to $50k per month in today’s money).
Torrio went into retirement after North Side gunmen almost killed him, handing control to Al Capone.
With the help of the Chigaco City Mayor and the police department, Al Capone started expanding his illegal alcohol business.
At the height of his power in 1930, when he was 31 years old, Al Capone was earning $3 million annually (equal to $70 million today).
Buried Cash
Al Capone never trusted anyone and has himself buried over $15 million in cash at various locations in Chicago, mostly house basements.
After his imprisonment, Al Capone started having neural complications and started developing loss of memory and partial paralysis.
He could not recollect his buried cash when his family enquired about him during their visits to the jail. Al Capone’s cash is yet to be found to this day.
Does the Capone family still have money?
The US Government has seized all of Capone’s businesses and bank accounts. So no one had actually Inherited his net worth.
However, during the period of his court trial, Al Capone orchestrated transferring over $2 million in cash to his family members ($30 million in today’s money).
Al Capone Net Worth
| Peak Net Worth | $150 Million |
| Net Worth at Death | $20 Million |
| Houses | 27 |
| Cars | 80 |
| Private Planes | 5 |
| Buried Cash | $150 Million |
| Gold Reserves | $16 Million |
Death
Al Capone died on January 25, 1947, at the age of 48. The official cause of his death was cardiac arrest resulting from a stroke.
In the years leading up to his death, Capone’s health had significantly deteriorated due to the effects of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection that he had contracted earlier in his life.
Wife and Children
Capone was married to Mae Josephine Coughlin, commonly known as Mae Capone. They got married on December 30, 1918, and remained married until Al Capone’s death in 1947.
They had one child together, a son named Albert Francis “Sonny” Capone. Sonny was born on December 4, 1918, just a few weeks before Al and Mae’s wedding. He was their only child.
Until his arrest by the FBI, Al Capone was infamous for spending every night with more than one woman and local newspapers have reported that he might have fathered over 400 illegitimate children.