The Capo di tutti i capi or capo dei capi (overboss of all overbosses) is the highest ranking leader of the Mafia in a particular area, ruling over that country or territory's Commission. It is a phrase used mainly by the media, public and the law enforcement community to indicate a supremely powerful crime boss in the Sicilian or American Mafia who holds great influence over the whole organization. However, it has seldom been given to specific bosses because it could create tension between different families within the Mafia. (Ebankz) Typically the title is awarded de facto to the boss of the most powerful crime family. However, for most of these individuals a more realistic description would be "first among equals".
Notable Capo di tutti capis[]
Sicily[]
Capo di tutti i capi[]
- 1860s-1910s - Ciccio
- 1910s-1950s - Croce Malo/Masino Croce
- 1950s-unknown - Cesare Indelicato
United States[]
Boss of all bosses[]
- 1870s-1910s - Fanucci
- 1910s-1920s - "Maranzalla"
- 1920s-1933 - Salvatore Maranzano - murdered in 1933
- 1933-1934 - Giuseppe Mariposa - murdered in 1934.
Chairman of the Commission[]
- 1934-1948 - Vito Corleone - stepped down in 1948, deceased in 1955.
- 1948-1955 - Emilio Barzini - murdered in 1955.
- 1955-1963 - Ottilio Cuneo - imprisoned in 1963.
- 1963-1980 - Osvaldo "Ozzie" Altobello - murdered in 1980.