Its more about how the next generation inherits the business than the business itself.

The Corleone crime family is shown to be one of the most formidable criminal empires in the United States.

so you can cover up his illegal activities, Vito also ran a legitimate business.

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In the 1920s,Vito founded the Genco Pura Olive Oil Company as a front for his criminal empire.

Still, it was a far cry from the criminal empire that Vito was running inThe Godfather.

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The Godfather chronicles the Italian-American Corleone crime family from 1945 to 1955. Following an assassination attempt on family patriarch Vito Corleone, his youngest son Michael emerges to orchestrate a brutal campaign of retribution, cementing his role in the family’s illicit empire.

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