While working as Wall Street’s notorious stock broker, he also acted as consultant to many companies. Because of his notoriety, he was dubbed as the Wolf of Wall Street which he later wrote a book about. He is an owner of a yacht named Nadine which he reportedly sank out of spite near the east coast of Sardinia in Italy. During his early career operating a boiler room, he was a notorious figure in the finance industry.Īside from raising incredulous amounts of money from his clients, he is also known for his lavish lifestyle, insane personality and drug addiction. While operating his boiler room, he employs 1,000 stock brokers who con people to buying bad investments from them. Because of his business, he was able to raise more than $1 billion in its equities which made him and most of his staffs rich.

In the early 1990s, he founded the Stratton Oakmont which serves as an outbound call center business that sells questionable investments to the unaware public. He started with integrity in Wall Street but eventually was drawn to the lies in the industry. The work of his parents introduced the young Jordan Belfort to the world of Wall Street. Both his mother and father work as accountants while his brother is one of the respected lawyers in the city. He was born in a decent family from New York. The son of Max and Leah Belfort, Jordan was born in July 9, 1962. Today, he has made a comeback to give people important life lessons that he learned from his transgression. Jordan Belfort is an American motivational speaker and author who built the biggest sales empire in Wall Street – the Stratton Oakmont – in 1990 before it came crashing down due to intrigue, scandal and fraud.

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