Arnold Rothstein
Arnold Rothstein was born in Manhattan, New York, United States on January 17th, 1882 and is the Criminal. At the age of 46, Arnold Rothstein biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 46 years old, Arnold Rothstein has this physical status:
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.
Early life and education
Arnold Rothstein was born into a comfortable life in Manhattan, the son of an affluent Ashkenazi Jewish businessman, Abraham Rothstein, and his wife, Esther. His father was a man of upright character, who had acquired the nickname "Abe the Just". Arnold was highly skilled at mathematics, but was otherwise uninterested in school. His older brother studied to become a rabbi.
Rothstein was known to be a difficult child, and he harboured a deep envy of his older brother, Harry. Rothstein's father believed that his son always craved to be the center of attention and would often get frustrated when he was not.
As a child, Rothstein began to indulge in gambling, but no matter how often his father scolded him for shooting dice, Rothstein would not stop. In 1921, Rothstein was asked how he became a gambler, "I always gambled. I can't remember when I didn't. Maybe I gambled just to show my father he couldn't tell me what to do, but I don't think so. I think I gambled because I loved the excitement. When I gambled, nothing else mattered."
Illegitimate career
Rothstein, a ten-year-old boy, had migrated to Manhattan's Tenderloin section, where he had established a major casino. He also invested in a horse racing track in Havre de Grace, Maryland, where he is accused of organising several of the races he dominated.
Rothstein had a large network of informants; deep pockets from some of his father's banking associates; and the ability to pay a premium for good information, regardless of the source. By age 30, his success had made him a millionaire.