Final Presentation in Entrepreneurial Spirit

1. BENJAMIN “BUGSY” SEIGEL

2. 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

3. BUGSY CATCHES A BREAK
• Meets Meyer Lansky and form the Bugs/Meyer Gang
• Gets the nickname Bugsy
• Find a market in crime specifically bootlegging
• Murder Inc.
• Lucky Luciano

4. A NEW ERA
• Prohibition repealed in 1933
• Gambling becomes the new market
• Bugsy goes after gambling rackets in Los Angles

5. BUGSY’S BABY
• 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

6. PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL
• Bugsy becomes cocky and arrogant
• Starts making lots of mistakes
• Botches Flamingo’s grand opening
• Mafia gets tired of Bugsy’s bad business

7. 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