The suspected killer of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson is the heir to a holiday resort fortune created by his grandparents - and the brother of a top doctor.
Luigi Mangione, 26, comes from a powerful Maryland family centered on the late patriarch Nicholas Mangiano, a first-generation American who built a real estate empire in the state, including country clubs and media.
Nicholas, who died in 2008 aged 83 after suffering a stroke, was the owner of Turf Valley Resort and Hayfields Country Club, as well radio station WCBM-AM.
Nicholas was born in Baltimore’s Little Italy to a poor family but worked his way up from nothing. He also founded the nursing home Lorien Health Services. Luigi volunteered at his grandpa’s nursing home in 2014, according to his LinkedIn.
Nicholas had 10 children, including Luigi’s father Louis, and was married to his wife Mary until his death. The couple lived in a $1.9 million mansion on their country club, with Mary dying in 2013.
Luigi Mangione is also the cousin of Republican Maryland House of Delegates member Nino Mangione, The Baltimore Sun reported.
Meanwhile, Luigi’s mother Kathleen Zannino Mangione, owns a boutique travel company, and his sister MariaSanta Mangione is a respected doctor.
She now works as a medical resident at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas after graduating from Vanderbilt medical school.
Luigi Mangione is being held at a jail in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after the UnitedHealthcare CEO was shot dead on the streets of Manhattan after his arrest Monday morning.
He was detained at McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania just after 9am ET on firearm charges after an employee at the store called police.
Luigi is pictured with his mom Kathleen and dad Louis (both in purple) and sister MariaSanta (in burgundy) at a San Diego wedding ceremony
Luigi Mangione is a person of interest in the killing of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson
Luigi’s mother Kathleen Zannino Mangione owns a boutique travel company specializing in the Mediterranean
Prior to his death, the patriarch of the Mangione family, Nicholas, was very proud of his roots, as he told The Baltimore Sun in 1995: ‘They asked me what family I belonged to. I told them, “I belong to the Mangione family. The Mangione family of Baltimore County”.’
He and his wife Mary shared 37 grandchildren together, including Luigi.
Luigi’s family has an extensive background in the medical field, as they repeatedly donated to hospitals, nursing homes and even ran their own foundations.
For decades, the Mangione family has supported the Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC), donating more than $1million to the hospital, The Baltimore Banner reported.
