BENJAMIN “BUGSY” SEIGEL

INFAMOUS MOBSTER AND INTRAPRENUER

• Born Benjamin Siegel in Brooklyn New York on February 28, 1906

• Considered the first Hollywood Gangster

• Chose a life of crime at an early age

• Meets Meyer Lansky and form the Bugs/Meyer Gang

• Gets the nickname Bugsy

• Find a market in crime specifically bootlegging

• Murder Inc.

• Lucky Luciano

BUGSY CATCHES A BREAK

• Prohibition repealed in 1933

• Gambling becomes the new market

• Bugsy goes after gambling rackets in Los Angles

A NEW ERA

• Bugsy gets involved in the pioneering of Las Vegas

• Sets his sights on building a luxury hotel and casino

• Finds an interest in a hotel being built called the Flamingo

BUGSY’S BABY

• Bugsy becomes cocky and arrogant

• Starts making lots of mistakes

• Botches Flamingo’s grand opening

• Mafia gets tired of Bugsy’s bad business

PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL

WAS BUGSY A SUCCESS?

• Yes and No

• Life of sin eventually backfired

• Humility and arrogance caught up to him

• Lived his life on his own will not the will of God

• Proverbs 16:3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do; and your plans will succeed