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John Donato Torrio (born Donato Torrio, Italian: [doˈnaːto ˈtɔrrjo]; January 20, 1882 – April 16, 1957) was an Italian-born American mobster who helped build the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s later inherited by his protégé Al Capone.
Johnny Torrio, Italian-born American gangster who was the rackets boss in Brooklyn before becoming a top crime boss in Chicago during the Prohibition era. Mentor of Al Capone and rival of Dion O’Bannion, Bugs Moran, and Hymie Weiss, Torrio was one of the founders of modern organized crime in America.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about Johnny Torrio, one of the founding fathers of organized crime in America. From his early days in Italy and New York to his rise and fall in Chicago, he survived arrests, shootings and rival gangs.
Johnny Torrio was an Italian-American gangster, who is widely acknowledged as the founder of organized crime in America. For his shrewdness, leadership and entrepreneur skill, he was also known as ‘The Fox’, ‘Papa Johnny’ and ‘The Immune’.
Learn about the life and crimes of Johnny Torrio, a prominent mobster and mentor of Al Capone. Find out how he rose to power in New York and Chicago, survived multiple assassination attempts, and retired to Italy.
Learn about Johnny Torrio, an Italian-American mobster who helped build the Chicago Outfit and the National Crime Syndicate. Find out his background, his role in the Colosimo murder, the gang wars, and his retirement.
Some people think that Johnny "The Fox" Torrio retired from organized crime after he turned his crime empire over to a young Al Capone in 1925. Far from it. Many crime historians believe that Torrio’s most significant contributions to organized crime came years later, an opinion shared by Torrio’s contemporaries on the other side of the law.
