He was America’s most infamous mobster. Born in Brooklyn in 1899, Al Capone turned Prohibition into pure profit. Bootlegging, speakeasies, and smuggling made him over $100 million a year—an empire built on fear, bribes, and bullets. 💼 Businessman by day. 🥂 Bootlegger by night. 🔫 And behind it all, the shadow of violence. His men ruled Chicago, but nothing shocked the public more than the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929—seven men lined up and gunned down, cementing Capone’s ruthless reput