Sperry Savelli

Rafael Savelli (son)

Savanni Savelli (daughter)

Basil Savelli (son)

**Sperry Rafael Savelli** is the boss of Savelli Home Improvement, which is actually an undercover drug operation.

### Early Life and Adulthood

Sperry is the youngest child of Howard Savelli and Idrah Wilkins. He was raised mostly by his mother as his father was busy building his drug operation. A quiet, mild-mannered child, Sperry went through his adolescence and teenage years mostly pretty well. He graduated high school in 1994 and entered the workforce taking a job at a distribution warehouse in New Orleans. In 2002, the business went under, and Sperry was forced to find other employment. He began working at a seafood processing plant in rural Plaquemines Parish in 2003. Unfortunately, in 2008, that business went under as well. Down on his luck, Sperry decided to start his own business. As he was a hands-on person, and loved decorating, he decided to start a home improvement business. Because of the economic recession in 2008, he had a hard time starting up his business, but in late 2009, things began to look up for him. Over the following 5 years, he was able to get hundreds of gigs over the New Orleans and Houma-Thibodaux metros, and with the help of his mother (she bought an old warehouse for him for business use), he was able to move out of his mother's home in New Orleans and move closer to his warehouse in Thibodaux.

In 2013, in the midst of his business flourishing, he decided to take a different route. He began to manufacture and move drugs and hired workers to do so. These workers consisted of Gunt, Buckwilder, and Bozo. Later on, that same year, he hired Sergio who was just 18 years old. Although at first, it was unusual how he got away with doing this, after seeing his father's fall from grace in 1991, but Sperry was a tad bit smarter. He involved law enforcement, who needed drugs to pin on suspects, or people they plainly just didn't like. Things went smoothly for him, until 2022. One of his long-term employees, Gunt, was delivering product to a customer in Morgan City, and decided for some odd reason to test the limits of Sperry's sportscar. Unfortunately for Gunt, he was going 105 on US 90, and lost control and crashed into a guardrail killing him instantly. Sperry took this loss pretty hard, so much so, as of 2024, he has not hired a replacement.

### Personal life and personality

Sperry has three children with his long-term girlfriend Iris: Rafael, Savanni, and Basil. How Iris and Sperry met is unknown, although it is implied that he met her at a gas station that she worked at. In Episode 16, it is revealed that Iris is actually in prison due to "not tossing a load" while being chased by the police, although he told Rafael that she actually committed a triple homicide to make her sound cooler. The truth being is that Iris is actually in jail for identity fraud.

Sperry can be described as mild mannered and sensitive, although if you make him mad, he'll resort to slapping you (as evidenced in Episodes 10 and 20). Sperry also seems to be a good father as he has excellent relationships with all of his children.

### Facts

* He is a firm believer in astrology. He is seen wearing a blue shirt with the Libra sign on it in episodes 21 and 22
* He is a huge fan of the Baton Rouge Swamp Booties, and he wears their jersey often
* He has blonde dreadlocks to honor his favorite rapper, Lil Wayne
* He has owned a total of 10 vehicles in his lifetime, the first 6 being paid for by his mother
* He is 5'10"
* He has an unusual way of punishing people who mess up his jobs