Thomas Lucchese was an American gangster who was originally from Italy. He is also known as a founding member of the Mafia in the United States, which was an offshoot of the Cosa Nostra in Sicily. It is also obvious from history that he was the boss of the Lucchese crime family from the year 1951 to 1967. The lucchese family was one of the five families that dominated the organized crime in the New York City. The core focus of this paper is to briefly discuss the highlights of the life of Thomas Lucchese.