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'{{Short description|American former stockbroker (born 1962)}} {{pp-pc1}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox criminal | name = Jordan Belfort | image = JordanBelfort2017.png | image_size = | caption = Belfort in November 2017 | birth_name = Jordan Ross Belfort | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|7|9}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | other_names = | alma_mater = [[American University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]]) | occupation = {{flatlist| *Businessman *speaker *author}} | conviction_status = Released April 2006 after 22 months<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Jordan&Middle=&LastName=Belfort&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=71&y=10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213155215/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Jordan&Middle=&LastName=Belfort&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=71&y=10 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 13, 2013 |title=Federal Bureau of Prisons |publisher=Bop.gov |date=April 28, 2006 |access-date=April 3, 2013 }}</ref> | spouse = {{marriage|Denise Lombardo|1985|1991|end=divorced}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/31/wolf_of_wall_street_true_story_jordan_belfort_and_other_real_people_in_dicaprio.html |title= How Accurate Is The Wolf of Wall Street? |work= Slate |first= David |last= Haglund |date= December 31, 2013 |access-date= February 15, 2014}}</ref> {{marriage|[[Nadine Caridi]]|1991|2005|end=divorced}}<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> {{marriage|Anne Koppe|2008|2020|end=divorced}} {{marriage|Cristina Invernizzi|2021}} | conviction = [[Securities fraud]], [[money laundering]]<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Leonard |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3635727/Jordan-Belfort-Confessions-of-the-Wolf-of-Wall-Street.html |title= Jordan Belfort: Confessions of the Wolf of Wall Street |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date= February 25, 2008 |access-date= April 3, 2013 |location= London, England}}</ref> | website = {{url|https://jb.online|jb.online}} | conviction_penalty = 22 months in federal prison, one month in rehab, $110 million in restitution<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> | module = {{Listen |embed= yes |filename= JordanBelfortRapport.ogg |title= Belfort's voice |type= speech |description= On the importance of rapport in business }} }} '''Jordan Ross Belfort''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛ|l|f|ə|r|t}}; born July 9, 1962) is an American former [[stockbroker]], financial criminal, and businessman who pleaded guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with [[Market manipulation|stock-market manipulation]] and running a [[Boiler room (business)|boiler room]] as part of a [[Microcap stock fraud|penny-stock scam]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/wall-street-crime-and-punishment-jordan-belfort-the-boiler-room-wolf-1030702306 | title=Wall Street Crime and Punishment: Jordan Belfort, the Boiler Room Wolf | date=December 15, 2023 }}</ref> Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which, becoming an informant for the FBI and wearing a [[Covert listening device|wire]], he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme.<ref name="TheAustralian">{{cite news |first=James|last=Dunn|url= http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,,26079486-5018019,00.html |title= Wolf of Wall Street back on the prowl: Jordan Belfort |newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date= September 25, 2009|access-date= June 23, 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20121215213354/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/small-business/wolf-of-wall-street-back-on-the-prowl-jordan-belfort/story-e6frg9hf-1225776869682 |archive-date= December 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref> He published the memoir ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (book)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' in 2007, which was adapted into [[Martin Scorsese]]'s [[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|film of the same name]] released in 2013, in which he was played by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]. ==Early life== Belfort was born in 1962 in [[the Bronx]], a [[borough of New York City]], to Jewish parents, Maxwell "Max" Belfort and Leah ([[née]] Markowitz).<ref>New York City, Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1955</ref> They were both accountants.<ref>{{cite book |last=Belfort |first=Jordan |date=2007 |title=The Wolf of Wall Street |url=https://archive.org/details/wolfofwallstreet00belf |url-access=registration |location=New York City |publisher=[[Bantam Books]] |quote=This was serious Mafia stuff, impossible for a Jew like me to fully grasp the nuances of.|isbn=978-0-345-54933-4 |page= [https://archive.org/details/wolfofwallstreet00belf/page/244 244] }}</ref><ref name="sleep">{{cite news |first=Geoffrey |last=Gray |title=The Wolf of Wall Street Can't Sleep |url=https://nymag.com/news/features/jordan-belfort-2013-12/index1.html |access-date=November 26, 2014 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=November 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Rob|last=Eshman|title='The Wolf' and the Jewish problem|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/rob_eshman/article/jordan_belfort_and_the_wolf_of_wall_streets_jewish_problem|access-date=December 29, 2014|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]|date=December 31, 2013}}</ref> His paternal grandfather, Jack Belfort (1904-1970), was an immigrant from [[Russia]], while his grandmother was a [[Second Generation American]] born to [[Lithuania|Lithuanian]] parents in [[New Jersey]].<ref>United States Census 1940</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Contributor |first=Ron Marzlock, Chronicle |date=2021-12-23 |title=Bay Terrace's Belfort was hungry like the wolf — for cash |url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/bay-terrace-s-belfort-was-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-cash/article_ca51c111-3320-5f9a-b498-ccca73ea84be.html |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Queens Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> Belfort was raised in [[Bayside, Queens]].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Belfort|first=Jordan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBcP-i41kcEC&pg=PA442 |title=Catching the Wolf of Wall Street|publisher=Bantam Dell |date=February 24, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2013|isbn=9780553906011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Vince|last=Veneziani |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/revisiting-jordan-belfort-the-wolf-of-wall-street-2010-3?op=1 |title=Revisiting The Amazing Story Of Jordan Belfort: "The Wolf Of Wall Street" |magazine=[[Business Insider]] |date=March 25, 2010 |access-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="sleep"/><ref name=vulture>{{cite news |url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/12/jordan-belfort-real-wolf-of-wall-street.html |title=Meet Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street |work=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]] |first=Geoffrey |last=Gray |date=December 30, 2013 |access-date=December 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name=autobio>{{cite book|first=Jordan|last=Belfort|title=The Wolf of Wall Street|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GLLCyNj-IUoC&pg=PA47|date=September 25, 2007|publisher=[[Random House Publishing Group]]|location=New York City|isbn=978-0-553-90424-6|page=47}}</ref> Between completing high school and starting college, Belfort and his close childhood friend Elliot Loewenstern earned $20,000 selling [[Italian ice]] from styrofoam coolers to people at a local beach.<ref>Belfort, Jordan. "The Wolf of Wall Street". Random House. pp. 112. {{ISBN|978-0-553-80546-8}}</ref> Belfort went on to graduate from [[American University]] with a degree in biology.<ref name=vulture /><ref name="Forbes">{{cite news|first=Brian|last=Solomon|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2013/12/28/meet-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street-in-forbes-original-takedown-of-jordan-belfort/ |title=Meet The Real 'Wolf Of Wall Street' In Forbes' Original Takedown Of Jordan Belfort |access-date=January 1, 2014 |date=December 28, 2013 |work=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> Belfort planned on using the money earned with Loewenstern to pay for dental school,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolfofwallstreet.info/bio.php?id=jordan_belfort |title=Jordan Belfort Biography |publisher=Wolf of Wall Street Info |access-date=May 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001403/http://www.wolfofwallstreet.info/bio.php?id=jordan_belfort |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and he enrolled at the [[University of Maryland School of Dentistry]]. However, the dean of the dental school gave a welcoming speech on the first day in which he said "The golden age of dentistry is over. If you're here simply because you're looking to make a lot of money, you're in the wrong place." Belfort subsequently elected not to attend the graduate program.<ref name=indep>{{cite news|last=Kumar|first=Nikhil|title=Jordan Belfort: The real Wolf of Wall Street|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street-9018925.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street-9018925.html |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Independent]]|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2014|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3K92uugO9o | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/G3K92uugO9o| archive-date=2021-10-30|title=Jordan Belfort - The Wolf of Wall Street |website=[[YouTube]] |date=July 5, 2010 |access-date=May 14, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ==Career== ===Early ventures=== Belfort became a [[door-to-door]] meat and seafood salesman on [[Long Island]], New York.<ref name="Forbes"/> He claims in interviews and his memoirs that the business was an initial success; he grew his meat-selling business to employ several workers and sell {{convert|5000|lb|kg|abbr=off}} of beef and fish a week.<ref name="Forbes"/> The business ultimately failed, and he filed for bankruptcy at 25.<ref name="Forbes"/> According to his memoirs and interviews, a family friend helped him find a job as a trainee stockbroker at [[L.F. Rothschild]].<ref>{{cite book| last=Straney | first=Louis L. | title=Securities Fraud: Detection, Prevention, and Control | year=2010 | publisher=Wiley | location=Hoboken, New Jersey | page=133 | isbn= 9780470601570 | oclc=696918833 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UT8QMXywl8C&q=Jordan+R+Belfort&pg=PA132 | access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> Belfort says he was laid off after that firm experienced financial difficulties related to the [[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]] stock market crash of 1987.<ref name=indep/><ref name="slate.com">{{Cite news| url =http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/31/wolf_of_wall_street_true_story_jordan_belfort_and_other_real_people_in_dicaprio.html|title= How Accurate Is The Wolf of Wall Street?|first=David|last=Haglund|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date =December 31, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Nyt1">{{Cite news| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/movies/martin-scorseses-approach-in-the-wolf-of-wall-street.html |title=Sex and Drugs and I.P.O.'s|first= Joe|last=Nocera|work=[[The New York Times]] |date =December 19, 2013}}</ref> ===Stratton Oakmont=== Belfort founded [[Stratton Oakmont]] as a franchise of Stratton Securities, then later bought out the original founder.<ref name="slate.com"/> Stratton Oakmont functioned as a [[Boiler room (business)|boiler room]] that marketed [[penny stock]]s and defrauded investors with "[[pump and dump]]" stock sales.<ref name="Wolf of Wall Street Movie Rights">{{cite web|last=Gasparino|first=Charlie|title='Wolf of Wall Street' Gets $1M Pay Day for Movie Rights|url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/2013/03/12/wolf-wall-street-gets-1m-pay-day-for-movie-rights/|publisher=Fox Business|date=March 12, 2013|access-date=October 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217034106/http://www.foxbusiness.com/2013/03/12/wolf-wall-street-gets-1m-pay-day-for-movie-rights/|archive-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref> During his years at Stratton, Belfort led a life of lavish parties and intensive use of recreational drugs, especially [[methaqualone]]—sold to him under the brand name "Quaalude"—that resulted in an addiction.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Jane |last=Wells |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/21114268 |title=Who's Jordan Belfort? I'll Tell You Exactly Who He Is |website=[[CNBC]] |date=October 3, 2007 |access-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref> Stratton Oakmont at one point employed over 1,000 stock brokers and was involved in stock issues totaling more than $1 billion, including being behind the [[IPO|initial public offering]] for footwear company [[Steve Madden (company)|Steve Madden]]. The firm was targeted by law enforcement officials throughout nearly its entire history, and its notoriety inspired the film ''[[Boiler Room (film)|Boiler Room]]'' (2000),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780553805468.html |title=The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort&nbsp;— Book&nbsp;— eBook&nbsp;— Audiobook |publisher=Random House |access-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref> as well as the biopic ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' (2013). Stratton Oakmont was under near-constant scrutiny from the National Association of Securities Dealers (now the [[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]) from 1989 onward. Finally, in December 1996, the NASD expelled Stratton Oakmont, putting it out of business.<ref name="finra.org">{{Cite news|url=http://www.finra.org/Newsroom/NewsReleases/1996/p010592|title=NASD Regulation Expels Stratton Oakmont; Principals Also Barred|first=Nancy A.|last=Condon|publisher=[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.]]|date=December 5, 1996|access-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004063946/http://www.finra.org/Newsroom/NewsReleases/1996/P010592|archive-date=October 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Belfort was then indicted for [[securities fraud]] and [[money laundering]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/18/nyregion/beaches-billy-joel-oddly-swindles-island-has-become-home-stock-scams-but.html |title=Beaches, Billy Joel and, Oddly, Swindles; The Island Has Become Home to Stock Scams, But Regulators Are Cracking Down |date=April 18, 1999 |access-date=January 1, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Leslie |last=Eaton }}</ref><ref name="Bloom">{{cite news|title=Wolf of Wall Street Belfort Is Aiming for $100 Million Pay|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-19/wolf-of-wall-street-belfort-sees-pay-top-100-million-this-year.html|access-date=May 21, 2014|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=May 19, 2014|first1=Stefania|last1=Bianchi|first2=Mahmoud|last2=Habboush}}</ref> Belfort became an informant for the FBI and wore a wire against numerous partners and associates, later testifying against many of them.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nymag.com/news/features/jordan-belfort-2013-12/ | title=Meet Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street -- New York Magazine - Nymag | date=November 22, 2013 }}</ref> On July 18, 2003, Belfort was sentenced to four years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrigan |first=Susan |date=July 19, 2003 |title=Stratton Oakmont's Belfort Sentenced |pages=A21 |work=[[Newsday]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-stratton-oakmonts-belfort-sente/128426750/ |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Belfort served 22 months of the sentence at the [[Taft Correctional Institution]] in [[Taft, California]], in exchange for a [[plea deal]] with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] for running pump-and-dump scams that led to investor losses of approximately $200 million.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Newby |first1=Jack |title=The pump-and-dump schemes behind 'The Wolf of Wall Street' |url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/businesstimes/2014/07/13/the-pump-and-dump-schemes-behind-the-wolf-of-wall-street |access-date=August 7, 2014 |date=July 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722090559/http://www.bdlive.co.za/businesstimes/2014/07/13/the-pump-and-dump-schemes-behind-the-wolf-of-wall-street |archive-date=July 22, 2014 }}</ref> Belfort was ordered to pay back $110.4 million that he swindled from stock buyers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/2662078.htm |title=Jordan Belfort&nbsp;— Interview from Sunday Profile |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=August 20, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230141257/http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/2662078.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Belfort shared a cell with [[Tommy Chong]] while serving his sentence, and Chong encouraged him to write about his experiences as a stockbroker.<ref name=NYMag>{{cite news|last=Gray|first=Geoffrey|title=The Wolf of Wall Street Can't Sleep|work =[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=December 2, 2013|pages=64–69|url=https://nymag.com/news/features/jordan-belfort-2013-12/|access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref> The pair remained friends after their release from prison,<ref name=NYMag /> with Belfort crediting Chong for his new career direction as a [[motivational speaker]] and writer.<ref name=asu>{{cite news |first=Cameron|last=Stewart|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/whos-afraid-of-jordan-belfort-the-wolf-of-wall-street/story-e6frg8h6-1226906434759 |title=Who's afraid of Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street? |work=[[The Australian]]| date=May 10, 2014}}</ref> At a motivational talk that he delivered in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]], on May 19, 2014, Belfort stated: <blockquote>I got greedy. ... Greed is not good. Ambition is good, passion is good. Passion prospers. My goal is to give more than I get, that's a sustainable form of success. ... Ninety-five per cent of the business was legitimate. ... It was all brokerage firm issues. It was all legitimate, nothing to do with liquidating stocks.<ref name="Bloom" /></blockquote> Federal prosecutors and SEC officials involved in the case, however, have said, "Stratton Oakmont was not a real Wall Street firm, either literally or figuratively".<ref>{{Cite news| url =https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303453004579290450707920302|title=How the 'Wolf of Wall Street' Really Did It|first=Ronald L.|last=Rubin|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date = January 3, 2014}}</ref><ref name="dealbook.nytimes.com">{{Cite news| url =https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/the-real-belfort-story-missing-from-wolf-movie|title=The Real Belfort Story Missing From 'Wolf' Movie|first=Joel M.|last=Cohen|work=[[The New York Times]] |date =January 7, 2014}}</ref> ===Restitution=== Belfort's [[restitution]] agreement required him to pay 50% of his income toward restitution to the 1,513 clients he defrauded until 2009, with a total of $110&nbsp;million in restitution further mandated. About $10&nbsp;million of the $110&nbsp;million that had been recovered by Belfort's victims {{as of|2013|lc=y}} was the result of the sale of forfeited properties.<ref name="Real 'Wolf of Wall Street'">{{cite news|last=Dillon|first=Nancy|title=Real 'Wolf of Wall Street' Jordan Belfort still owes millions to victims: prosecutors|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/real-wolf-wall-street-owes-millions-prosecutors-article-1.1490297|access-date=October 25, 2013|work=Daily News|date=October 19, 2013}}</ref> In October 2013, federal prosecutors filed a complaint against Belfort. Several days later, the U.S. government withdrew its motion to find Belfort in default of his payments, after his lawyers argued that he had only been responsible for paying 50% of his salary to restitution until 2009, and not since. The restitution he paid during his parole period (after leaving prison) amounted to $382,910 in 2007, $148,799 in 2008, and $170,000 in 2009. After that period, Belfort began negotiating a restitution payment plan with the U.S. government.<ref name="Real">{{cite news| last=Kolhatkar | first=Sheelah | title=Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street | date=November 7, 2013 | work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek | publisher=Bloomberg | url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street#p4 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108215541/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street#p4 | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 8, 2013 | access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> The final deal Belfort made with the government was to pay a minimum of $10,000 per month for life toward the restitution, after a judge ruled that Belfort was not required to pay 50% of his income past the end of his parole. Belfort has claimed that he is putting the profits from his U.S. public speaking engagements and media royalties toward the restitution, in addition to the $10,000 per month.<ref name=bee /> Prosecutors also said that he had fled to Australia to avoid taxes and conceal his assets from his victims,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.designntrend.com/articles/10550/20140131/jordan-belfort-still-greedy-real-wolf-wall-street-runs-australia-avoid-paying-restitution-earns-millions-movie-motivational-speeches-dvd.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201232333/http://www.designntrend.com/articles/10550/20140131/jordan-belfort-still-greedy-real-wolf-wall-street-runs-australia-avoid-paying-restitution-earns-millions-movie-motivational-speeches-dvd.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2014|title=Jordan Belfort STILL Greedy: Real 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Runs To Australia To Avoid Paying Restitution, Earns Millions From Movie, Motivational Speeches, DVD|first=Peter|last=Black|magazine=[[Design & Trend]]|date=January 31, 2014}}</ref> but later recanted their statement, which had been given to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref name=WSJ>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304347904579312560659290676|title=Prosecutors Give Poor Reviews to Restitution From Jordan Belfort, 'Wolf of Wall Street'|first=Charles|last=Levinson|date=January 14, 2014|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> by issuing Belfort an official apology and requesting that ''The Wall Street Journal'' print a retraction.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/us-attorneys-office-apologises-to-wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-over-article-suggesting-he-is-hiding-in-australia/story-e6frfmci-1226801457393|title=US attorney's office apologises to 'Wolf of Wall Street' Jordan Belfort over article suggesting he is hiding in Australia|work=NewsComAu|access-date=July 4, 2015|date=January 15, 2014|archive-date=July 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718052500/http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/us-attorneys-office-apologises-to-wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-over-article-suggesting-he-is-hiding-in-australia/story-e6frfmci-1226801457393|url-status=dead}}</ref> Belfort claimed on his website and elsewhere that he intended to request that "100% of the royalties" from his books and ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' film be turned over to victims. But in June 2014, spokesmen for the U.S. attorney said that Belfort's claim was "not factual",<ref>{{Cite news| url =http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/jordan-belfort-awful-person-is-now-touring |title= Jordan Belfort, Awful Person, is Now Touring|first= Michael|last=Howard |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |date = June 12, 2014}}</ref> and that he had received money from the initial sale of the [[film rights]] that was not entirely put toward his restitution repayment.<ref name=WSJ /> ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' reported that Belfort had paid only $21,000 toward his restitution obligations out of approximately $1.2&nbsp;million paid to him in connection with the film before its release.<ref name="businessweek">{{Cite news| url = http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street#p4 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131108215541/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street#p4 | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 8, 2013 |title=Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street|first=Sheelah|last=Kolhatkar|work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |date = November 7, 2013}}</ref> Belfort has said that the government refused his offer to put 100% of his book deal money toward his restitution.<ref name="businessweek"/><ref>{{Cite news| url =http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wolf-wall-street-jordan-belfort-ive-redeemed-myself-1465076|title=Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort: 'I've Redeemed Myself'|first= Sean|last=Martin|work=[[International Business Times]] |date = September 11, 2014}}</ref> === Cryptocurrency === Belfort was previously a skeptic of [[cryptocurrency]], having called [[Bitcoin]] "frickin' insanity" and "mass delusion". As he learned more about cryptocurrency, and the prices skyrocketed, he changed his mind. Belfort has declined offers to create Wolf-themed [[non-fungible token]]s despite saying that he "could easily make $10&nbsp;million." He has also said that he is "massively looking forward to regulation" of cryptocurrency. Belfort is an investor in several cryptocurrency start-ups.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Yaffe-Bellany |first=David |date=2022-04-15 |title=The Wolf of Crypto |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/technology/jordan-belfort-wolf-cryptocurrency.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==Writing== Belfort wrote two memoirs, ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (book)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' and ''[[Catching the Wolf of Wall Street]],'' which have been published in approximately 40 countries and translated into 18 languages.<ref name="TheAustralian" /> [[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|A film based on his books]] was released in 2013 starring [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] (as Belfort), [[Jonah Hill]], and [[Margot Robbie]]; the film was written by [[Terence Winter]] and directed by [[Martin Scorsese]].<ref name="Time" /><ref name="Rich" /> He wrote his first book in the days following his release from prison (after a false start during his sentence, when he wrote and destroyed 130 initial pages). He received a $500,000 advance from Random House, and before its release, a bidding war began for the book's film rights.<ref name=asu /> The former federal prosecutor who led the criminal investigation of Belfort said that he "invented much", that "he aggrandized his importance and reverence for him by others at his firm", and that "The real Belfort story still includes thousands of victims who lost hundreds of millions of dollars that they never will be repaid."<ref name="dealbook.nytimes.com"/> In 2017, he went on to write ''Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success''. It details the sales technique he used alongside his team of brokers while operating on Wall Street. In 2023, Belfort released ''The Wolf of Investing'' which he claims to be his ultimate strategy for making money on Wall St.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coggins |first=Madeline |date=2023-11-02 |title=The Wolf of Wall Street unveils the 'ultimate strategy' for the average investor |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/wolf-wall-street-unveils-ultimate-strategy-average-investor |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=FOXBusiness |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Motivational speaking== [[File:Jordan Belfort - May 30, 2010.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|Belfort in 2010]] Belfort has given motivational speeches.<ref name="TheAustralian" /><ref name="Real" /> This has included a tour of live seminars in Australia called "The Truth Behind His Success", in addition to other appearances. In a ''[[60 Minutes]]'' interview about his new career, Belfort said of his former life that his "greatest regret is losing people's money".{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} He also runs sales seminars called "Jordan Belfort's Straight Line Sales Psychology".<ref name=dt>{{cite web|url=http://www.designntrend.com/articles/11448/20140307/jordan-belforts-absurdly-lucrative-motivational-speaking-tour-real-wolf-of-wall-street-cashes-fame-from-martin-scorsese-movie.htm|title=Jordan Belfort's INSANELY Lucrative Motivational Speaking Tour: Real 'Wolf of Wall Street' EXPLOITS Fame From Martin Scorsese Movie To Boost 'Straight Line' Sales Program|work=[[Design & Trend]]|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> When he first began speaking, he focused largely on motivation and ethics, then moved his focus to [[Sales effectiveness|sales skills]] and entrepreneurship.<ref name=asu /> His speaking engagements are run through his business Global Motivation Inc. and, {{as of|2014|lc=y}}, Belfort was spending three weeks of each month on the road for speaking engagements. The main theme of his speeches includes the importance of [[business ethics]] and learning from the mistakes he made during the 1990s—such as believing that he was justified in skirting the rules of financial regulators simply because it was a common thing to do.<ref name=bee>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/personal-finance/claudia-buck/article2613236.html|title=Wolf of Wall Street: Q&A with Jordan Belfort|work=sacbee|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> His per-engagement speaking fees have been about $30,000–75,000 and his per sales seminar fee can be $80,000 or more. The main subject matter of his seminars is what he has called "Straight Line System", a system of sales advice.<ref name=asu /><ref name=dt /> Some reviewers have reacted negatively to the content of the speeches, specifically Belfort's recounting of stories from the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-miserable-night-at-jordan-737331|title=Jordan Belfort's Groupon Sales Seminar - Hollywood Reporter|first=Soo|last=Youn|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> == Australian training scandal == An investigation led by [[Seven News|7News]] and ''[[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|The Sunday Mail]]'' uncovered links between Belfort and employment company [[Career Pathways]] Australia run by Paul Conquest, who also has majority-ownership of Face to Face Training.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Anthony|last=Gough|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-in-taxpayerfunded-australian-training-programs/news-story/58d972da386fe64b177c51f6b9385a7c|title=Taxpayers keep Wolf from the door|newspaper=[[Courier & Mail]]|date=March 28, 2015|access-date=December 31, 2017|language=en}}</ref> These two brands were heavily promoted at Belfort workshops held at [[Brisbane]]'s Eatons Hill Hotel. Belfort reportedly gave two workshops on Sales for the staff of Face to Face Training.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Broede|last=Carmody|url=https://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/training-company-with-links-to-the-wolf-of-wall-street-collapses-into-liquidation/|title=Training company with links to the Wolf of Wall Street collapses into liquidation |date=April 18, 2016|work=SmartCompany|access-date=December 31, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Face to Face Training received $3.9 million from the state government during [[Fiscal year|FY]]-2014 and $6.34 million during FY-2015 for its training and assessment services. The majority of this money was expected to be spent on service training and certification which did not happen. [[9news.com.au|9 News Australia]] called the training program a scam and the certification program a "tick and flick"<ref>{{Citation|last=WalrusRider|title=Jordan Belfort Caught Scamming in Australia - "The Wolf of Queensland" (2015)|date=May 17, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je-TytYQJiw| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703204125/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je-TytYQJiw&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2017-07-03|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref> in its [[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|''60 Minutes'']] segment. ==Personal life== Belfort married his first wife Denise Lombardo in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wanjiru |first=Florence |date=2022-01-21 |title=Denise Lombardo: What happened to Jordan Belfort's first wife? |url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/celebrity-biographies/439642-denise-lombardo-what-happened-jordan-belforts-wife/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. |language=en}}</ref> While running Stratton Oakmont, Belfort and Lombardo were divorced. He later married [[Nadine Caridi]], a British-born, [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn]]-raised model whom he met at a party. He had two children with her. Belfort and Caridi ultimately separated following her claims of [[domestic violence]], which were fueled by his problems with drug addiction and infidelity. They divorced in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jordan-belfort-meet-real-wolf-3011694|title=Jordan Belfort: Meet the REAL Wolf of Wall Street as played by Leonardo DiCaprio|first=Annette|last=Witheridge|date=March 2, 2014|work=[[Daily Mirror]]}}</ref><ref name="Slate">{{cite journal|last=Walker|first=Rob|title=Genius of Capitalism: Steve Madden|journal=[[Slate (website)|Slate]]|date=April 10, 2002|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2064214|access-date=October 28, 2010}}</ref> Belfort is an avid tennis player.<ref name="asu" /> Belfort was the final owner of the luxury yacht ''Nadine'', which was originally built for [[Coco Chanel]] in 1961. The yacht was renamed after Caridi. In June 1996, the yacht sank off the east coast of [[Sardinia]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/slider.html#!yacht/24-06-1996/24-06-1996/NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGAJlALlMAaMAzAJwHsYkwAmAFgHoAGANmoEYBOF+nMdIsqux1uzABfbOGjwyAazgBPAO5ECKTujgAPdGVlQAxgAstwgLpA|title=I naufraghi dello yacht miliardario salvati in extremis|date=June 24, 1996|newspaper=[[Corriere Della Sera]]|access-date=December 3, 2019|issue=paywall|language=it}}</ref> and [[frogmen]] from the [[Italian Navy]] [[special forces]] unit ''[[Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei|COMSUBIN]]'' rescued all who were aboard the vessel. Belfort said that he insisted on sailing out in high winds against the advice of his captain, resulting in the sinking of the vessel when waves smashed the foredeck hatch.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Kenny |last=Wooton |title=The Longest Night |journal=Yachting |volume=181 |number=5 |date=May 1997|page=54|issn=0043-9940}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Wolf of Wall Street |first=Jordan |last=Belfort |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-553-80546-8 |year=2007 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/wolfofwallstreet00belf/page/406 406–409] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/wolfofwallstreet00belf/page/406 }}</ref> In the fall of 2021, a hacker stole $300,000 in digital tokens from Belfort's [[cryptocurrency wallet]].<ref name=":0" /> === Politics === In the 1990s, Belfort donated $100,000 to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] and $2,000 to [[Al D'Amato]]'s reelection campaign in the [[1992 United States Senate election in New York]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Labaton |first=Stephen |date=1994-06-17 |title=D'Amato Defending Remarkable One-Day Profit |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/17/nyregion/d-amato-defending-remarkable-one-day-profit.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Despite calling himself "a liberal at heart", with "social views [that] are liberal; abortion and stuff like that," Belfort said that in the run-up to the [[2016 United States presidential election]], he "became very pro-Trump . . . . And then when I saw what happened after he won, I was like‚ 'this country is worse that I thought!' There's obviously such a problem with the liberals, I'd never seen anything like it."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-27 |title=Jordan Belfort: «Why I Voted for Donald Trump» |url=https://www.finews.com/news/english-news/25959-jordan-belfort-wolf-of-wall-street-switzerland-speeches-donald-trump-greg-coleman-4 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=finews.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> Ultimately Belfort voted for [[Donald Trump]] because he agreed with Trump on [[libertarian conservatism|government size]] and [[immigration policy of Donald Trump|immigration policy]].<ref name="Jarvis2019">{{Cite web |last=Jarvis |first=Jacob |date=2019-04-28 |title='Wolf of Wall Street': Trump weakened by gift of 'p****** people off' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-says-donald-trump-has-weakened-his-influence-by-p-ing-people-off-a4126326.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> Despite his support for Trump he has also acknowledged that Trump's rhetoric is divisive.<ref name="Jarvis2019" /> During the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic primaries]], he criticized [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Elizabeth Warren]] for policy proposals that would affect financial institutions, saying "What frightens me about a Bernie Sanders or an Elizabeth Warren is like they think that government is the answer but the policies that they're talking about will literally destroy the fabric of the country".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halon |first=Yael |date=2019-10-11 |title=Real-life 'Wolf of Wall Street' supports Trump, slams Warren and Sanders' 'destructive' policies |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/real-life-wolf-wall-street-tomi-lahren |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Works== ===Nonfiction=== ;Autobiographies: *''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (book)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' (Bantam, 2007). {{ISBN|978-0553805468}}.<ref>{{cite book|title=The wolf of Wall Street|via=OCLC WorldCat|publisher=OCLC|year=2001–2014|oclc=123912480}}</ref> *''[[Catching the Wolf of Wall Street|Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison]]'' (Bantam, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0553807042}}.<ref>{{cite book|title=Catching the Wolf of Wall Street|via=OCLC WorldCat|publisher=OCLC|year=2001–2014|oclc=232129347}}</ref> ;Self-help: *''Way of the Wolf: Become a Master Closer with Straight Line Selling'' (2017). {{ISBN|9781501164286}}. ==Adaptations== Filming of Scorsese's adaptation of Belfort's memoirs began in August 2012, and [[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|the film]] was released on December 25, 2013.<ref name="Rich">{{cite magazine | last=Rich | first=Katey | title=''Wolf of Wall Street'' Editor Thelma Schoonmaker Says Leonardo DiCaprio "Will Do Anything for Marty" | url= https://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2014/01/wolf-of-wall-street-editor-thelma-schoonmaker-there-s-nothing-like-a-handsome-actor-making-fun-of-himself | magazine= Vanity Fair | date=January 7, 2014 | access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>Fleming, Mike (April 19, 2012). [https://www.deadline.com/2012/04/toldja-martin-scorsese-leonardo-dicaprio-commit-to-the-wolf-of-wall-street "TOLDJA! Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio Commit To 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'"]. Deadline.com. PMC. Retrieved August 11, 2012.</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine reported that many of the escapades depicted in the film are consistent with Belfort's memoirs and what was written about him in ''[[Forbes]]'' articles, although some of the ''Forbes''-related content was embellished.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine| last=Dockterman | first=Eliana | title=''The Wolf of Wall Street'': The True Story | date=December 26, 2013 | magazine=Time | url=http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/26/wolf-wall-street-true-story/ | access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> Belfort was portrayed by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], who won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his performance. Belfort has a cameo in the closing scene of the film as an [[Auckland]] Straight Line host.<ref>{{cite web|first=Zimbio|last=JJ Duncan |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-true-is-the-wolf-of-wall-street-2013-12?r=US&IR=T |title=3 Things That Completely Undermine 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' |magazine=[[Business Insider]] |date=December 24, 2013 |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref> ==In popular culture== Jordan Belfort was also featured in an episode of ''[[American Greed]]'' (Season 9, episode 8) called "The Real Wolf of Wall Street".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/02/02/american-greed-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street.html|title=CNBC - American Greed episode preview|website=[[CNBC]] |date=February 2, 2018 }}</ref> ==See also== * [[White-collar crime]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{cc}} * {{Official website|http://jordanbelfort.com}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Belfort, Jordan}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century American criminals]] [[Category:American businesspeople convicted of crimes]] [[Category:20th-century American Jews]] [[Category:21st-century American memoirists]] [[Category:American people convicted of money laundering]] [[Category:American motivational speakers]] [[Category:American people convicted of fraud]] [[Category:American stockbrokers]] [[Category:American University alumni]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Queens, New York]] [[Category:Criminals from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from the Bronx]] [[Category:People from Bayside, Queens]] [[Category:21st-century American Jews]]'
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'{{Short description|American former stockbroker (born 1962)}} {{pp-pc1}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox criminal | name = Jordan Fart | image = JordanBelfort2017.png | image_size = | caption = Belfort in November 2017 | birth_name = Jordan Ross Belfort | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|7|9}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | other_names = | alma_mater = [[American University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]]) | occupation = {{flatlist| *Businessman *speaker *author}} | conviction_status = Released April 2006 after 22 months<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Jordan&Middle=&LastName=Belfort&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=71&y=10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213155215/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Jordan&Middle=&LastName=Belfort&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=71&y=10 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 13, 2013 |title=Federal Bureau of Prisons |publisher=Bop.gov |date=April 28, 2006 |access-date=April 3, 2013 }}</ref> | spouse = {{marriage|Denise Lombardo|1985|1991|end=divorced}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/31/wolf_of_wall_street_true_story_jordan_belfort_and_other_real_people_in_dicaprio.html |title= How Accurate Is The Wolf of Wall Street? |work= Slate |first= David |last= Haglund |date= December 31, 2013 |access-date= February 15, 2014}}</ref> {{marriage|[[Nadine Caridi]]|1991|2005|end=divorced}}<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> {{marriage|Anne Koppe|2008|2020|end=divorced}} {{marriage|Cristina Invernizzi|2021}} | conviction = [[Securities fraud]], [[money laundering]]<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Leonard |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3635727/Jordan-Belfort-Confessions-of-the-Wolf-of-Wall-Street.html |title= Jordan Belfort: Confessions of the Wolf of Wall Street |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date= February 25, 2008 |access-date= April 3, 2013 |location= London, England}}</ref> | website = {{url|https://jb.online|jb.online}} | conviction_penalty = 22 months in federal prison, one month in rehab, $110 million in restitution<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> | module = {{Listen |embed= yes |filename= JordanBelfortRapport.ogg |title= Belfort's voice |type= speech |description= On the importance of rapport in business }} }} '''Jordan Ross Belfort''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛ|l|f|ə|r|t}}; born July 9, 1962) is an American former [[stockbroker]], financial criminal, and businessman who pleaded guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with [[Market manipulation|stock-market manipulation]] and running a [[Boiler room (business)|boiler room]] as part of a [[Microcap stock fraud|penny-stock scam]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/wall-street-crime-and-punishment-jordan-belfort-the-boiler-room-wolf-1030702306 | title=Wall Street Crime and Punishment: Jordan Belfort, the Boiler Room Wolf | date=December 15, 2023 }}</ref> Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which, becoming an informant for the FBI and wearing a [[Covert listening device|wire]], he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme.<ref name="TheAustralian">{{cite news |first=James|last=Dunn|url= http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,,26079486-5018019,00.html |title= Wolf of Wall Street back on the prowl: Jordan Belfort |newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date= September 25, 2009|access-date= June 23, 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20121215213354/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/small-business/wolf-of-wall-street-back-on-the-prowl-jordan-belfort/story-e6frg9hf-1225776869682 |archive-date= December 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref> He published the memoir ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (book)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' in 2007, which was adapted into [[Martin Scorsese]]'s [[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|film of the same name]] released in 2013, in which he was played by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]. ==Early life== Belfort was born in 1962 in [[the Bronx]], a [[borough of New York City]], to Jewish parents, Maxwell "Max" Belfort and Leah ([[née]] Markowitz).<ref>New York City, Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1955</ref> They were both accountants.<ref>{{cite book |last=Belfort |first=Jordan |date=2007 |title=The Wolf of Wall Street |url=https://archive.org/details/wolfofwallstreet00belf |url-access=registration |location=New York City |publisher=[[Bantam Books]] |quote=This was serious Mafia stuff, impossible for a Jew like me to fully grasp the nuances of.|isbn=978-0-345-54933-4 |page= [https://archive.org/details/wolfofwallstreet00belf/page/244 244] }}</ref><ref name="sleep">{{cite news |first=Geoffrey |last=Gray |title=The Wolf of Wall Street Can't Sleep |url=https://nymag.com/news/features/jordan-belfort-2013-12/index1.html |access-date=November 26, 2014 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=November 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Rob|last=Eshman|title='The Wolf' and the Jewish problem|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/rob_eshman/article/jordan_belfort_and_the_wolf_of_wall_streets_jewish_problem|access-date=December 29, 2014|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]|date=December 31, 2013}}</ref> His paternal grandfather, Jack Belfort (1904-1970), was an immigrant from [[Russia]], while his grandmother was a [[Second Generation American]] born to [[Lithuania|Lithuanian]] parents in [[New Jersey]].<ref>United States Census 1940</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Contributor |first=Ron Marzlock, Chronicle |date=2021-12-23 |title=Bay Terrace's Belfort was hungry like the wolf — for cash |url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/bay-terrace-s-belfort-was-hungry-like-the-wolf-for-cash/article_ca51c111-3320-5f9a-b498-ccca73ea84be.html |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Queens Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> Belfort was raised in [[Bayside, Queens]].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Belfort|first=Jordan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBcP-i41kcEC&pg=PA442 |title=Catching the Wolf of Wall Street|publisher=Bantam Dell |date=February 24, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2013|isbn=9780553906011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Vince|last=Veneziani |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/revisiting-jordan-belfort-the-wolf-of-wall-street-2010-3?op=1 |title=Revisiting The Amazing Story Of Jordan Belfort: "The Wolf Of Wall Street" |magazine=[[Business Insider]] |date=March 25, 2010 |access-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="sleep"/><ref name=vulture>{{cite news |url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/12/jordan-belfort-real-wolf-of-wall-street.html |title=Meet Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street |work=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]] |first=Geoffrey |last=Gray |date=December 30, 2013 |access-date=December 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name=autobio>{{cite book|first=Jordan|last=Belfort|title=The Wolf of Wall Street|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GLLCyNj-IUoC&pg=PA47|date=September 25, 2007|publisher=[[Random House Publishing Group]]|location=New York City|isbn=978-0-553-90424-6|page=47}}</ref> Between completing high school and starting college, Belfort and his close childhood friend Elliot Loewenstern earned $20,000 selling [[Italian ice]] from styrofoam coolers to people at a local beach.<ref>Belfort, Jordan. "The Wolf of Wall Street". Random House. pp. 112. {{ISBN|978-0-553-80546-8}}</ref> Belfort went on to graduate from [[American University]] with a degree in biology.<ref name=vulture /><ref name="Forbes">{{cite news|first=Brian|last=Solomon|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2013/12/28/meet-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street-in-forbes-original-takedown-of-jordan-belfort/ |title=Meet The Real 'Wolf Of Wall Street' In Forbes' Original Takedown Of Jordan Belfort |access-date=January 1, 2014 |date=December 28, 2013 |work=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> Belfort planned on using the money earned with Loewenstern to pay for dental school,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wolfofwallstreet.info/bio.php?id=jordan_belfort |title=Jordan Belfort Biography |publisher=Wolf of Wall Street Info |access-date=May 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001403/http://www.wolfofwallstreet.info/bio.php?id=jordan_belfort |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and he enrolled at the [[University of Maryland School of Dentistry]]. However, the dean of the dental school gave a welcoming speech on the first day in which he said "The golden age of dentistry is over. If you're here simply because you're looking to make a lot of money, you're in the wrong place." Belfort subsequently elected not to attend the graduate program.<ref name=indep>{{cite news|last=Kumar|first=Nikhil|title=Jordan Belfort: The real Wolf of Wall Street|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street-9018925.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street-9018925.html |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Independent]]|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=January 22, 2014|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3K92uugO9o | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/G3K92uugO9o| archive-date=2021-10-30|title=Jordan Belfort - The Wolf of Wall Street |website=[[YouTube]] |date=July 5, 2010 |access-date=May 14, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ==Career== ===Early ventures=== Belfort became a [[door-to-door]] meat and seafood salesman on [[Long Island]], New York.<ref name="Forbes"/> He claims in interviews and his memoirs that the business was an initial success; he grew his meat-selling business to employ several workers and sell {{convert|5000|lb|kg|abbr=off}} of beef and fish a week.<ref name="Forbes"/> The business ultimately failed, and he filed for bankruptcy at 25.<ref name="Forbes"/> According to his memoirs and interviews, a family friend helped him find a job as a trainee stockbroker at [[L.F. Rothschild]].<ref>{{cite book| last=Straney | first=Louis L. | title=Securities Fraud: Detection, Prevention, and Control | year=2010 | publisher=Wiley | location=Hoboken, New Jersey | page=133 | isbn= 9780470601570 | oclc=696918833 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UT8QMXywl8C&q=Jordan+R+Belfort&pg=PA132 | access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> Belfort says he was laid off after that firm experienced financial difficulties related to the [[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]] stock market crash of 1987.<ref name=indep/><ref name="slate.com">{{Cite news| url =http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/31/wolf_of_wall_street_true_story_jordan_belfort_and_other_real_people_in_dicaprio.html|title= How Accurate Is The Wolf of Wall Street?|first=David|last=Haglund|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date =December 31, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Nyt1">{{Cite news| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/movies/martin-scorseses-approach-in-the-wolf-of-wall-street.html |title=Sex and Drugs and I.P.O.'s|first= Joe|last=Nocera|work=[[The New York Times]] |date =December 19, 2013}}</ref> ===Stratton Oakmont=== Belfort founded [[Stratton Oakmont]] as a franchise of Stratton Securities, then later bought out the original founder.<ref name="slate.com"/> Stratton Oakmont functioned as a [[Boiler room (business)|boiler room]] that marketed [[penny stock]]s and defrauded investors with "[[pump and dump]]" stock sales.<ref name="Wolf of Wall Street Movie Rights">{{cite web|last=Gasparino|first=Charlie|title='Wolf of Wall Street' Gets $1M Pay Day for Movie Rights|url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/2013/03/12/wolf-wall-street-gets-1m-pay-day-for-movie-rights/|publisher=Fox Business|date=March 12, 2013|access-date=October 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217034106/http://www.foxbusiness.com/2013/03/12/wolf-wall-street-gets-1m-pay-day-for-movie-rights/|archive-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref> During his years at Stratton, Belfort led a life of lavish parties and intensive use of recreational drugs, especially [[methaqualone]]—sold to him under the brand name "Quaalude"—that resulted in an addiction.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Jane |last=Wells |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/21114268 |title=Who's Jordan Belfort? I'll Tell You Exactly Who He Is |website=[[CNBC]] |date=October 3, 2007 |access-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref> Stratton Oakmont at one point employed over 1,000 stock brokers and was involved in stock issues totaling more than $1 billion, including being behind the [[IPO|initial public offering]] for footwear company [[Steve Madden (company)|Steve Madden]]. The firm was targeted by law enforcement officials throughout nearly its entire history, and its notoriety inspired the film ''[[Boiler Room (film)|Boiler Room]]'' (2000),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780553805468.html |title=The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort&nbsp;— Book&nbsp;— eBook&nbsp;— Audiobook |publisher=Random House |access-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref> as well as the biopic ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' (2013). Stratton Oakmont was under near-constant scrutiny from the National Association of Securities Dealers (now the [[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]) from 1989 onward. Finally, in December 1996, the NASD expelled Stratton Oakmont, putting it out of business.<ref name="finra.org">{{Cite news|url=http://www.finra.org/Newsroom/NewsReleases/1996/p010592|title=NASD Regulation Expels Stratton Oakmont; Principals Also Barred|first=Nancy A.|last=Condon|publisher=[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.]]|date=December 5, 1996|access-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004063946/http://www.finra.org/Newsroom/NewsReleases/1996/P010592|archive-date=October 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Belfort was then indicted for [[securities fraud]] and [[money laundering]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/18/nyregion/beaches-billy-joel-oddly-swindles-island-has-become-home-stock-scams-but.html |title=Beaches, Billy Joel and, Oddly, Swindles; The Island Has Become Home to Stock Scams, But Regulators Are Cracking Down |date=April 18, 1999 |access-date=January 1, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Leslie |last=Eaton }}</ref><ref name="Bloom">{{cite news|title=Wolf of Wall Street Belfort Is Aiming for $100 Million Pay|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-19/wolf-of-wall-street-belfort-sees-pay-top-100-million-this-year.html|access-date=May 21, 2014|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=May 19, 2014|first1=Stefania|last1=Bianchi|first2=Mahmoud|last2=Habboush}}</ref> Belfort became an informant for the FBI and wore a wire against numerous partners and associates, later testifying against many of them.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nymag.com/news/features/jordan-belfort-2013-12/ | title=Meet Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street -- New York Magazine - Nymag | date=November 22, 2013 }}</ref> On July 18, 2003, Belfort was sentenced to four years in prison.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrigan |first=Susan |date=July 19, 2003 |title=Stratton Oakmont's Belfort Sentenced |pages=A21 |work=[[Newsday]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-stratton-oakmonts-belfort-sente/128426750/ |access-date=July 17, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Belfort served 22 months of the sentence at the [[Taft Correctional Institution]] in [[Taft, California]], in exchange for a [[plea deal]] with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] for running pump-and-dump scams that led to investor losses of approximately $200 million.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Newby |first1=Jack |title=The pump-and-dump schemes behind 'The Wolf of Wall Street' |url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/businesstimes/2014/07/13/the-pump-and-dump-schemes-behind-the-wolf-of-wall-street |access-date=August 7, 2014 |date=July 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722090559/http://www.bdlive.co.za/businesstimes/2014/07/13/the-pump-and-dump-schemes-behind-the-wolf-of-wall-street |archive-date=July 22, 2014 }}</ref> Belfort was ordered to pay back $110.4 million that he swindled from stock buyers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/2662078.htm |title=Jordan Belfort&nbsp;— Interview from Sunday Profile |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=August 20, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230141257/http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/2662078.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Belfort shared a cell with [[Tommy Chong]] while serving his sentence, and Chong encouraged him to write about his experiences as a stockbroker.<ref name=NYMag>{{cite news|last=Gray|first=Geoffrey|title=The Wolf of Wall Street Can't Sleep|work =[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=December 2, 2013|pages=64–69|url=https://nymag.com/news/features/jordan-belfort-2013-12/|access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref> The pair remained friends after their release from prison,<ref name=NYMag /> with Belfort crediting Chong for his new career direction as a [[motivational speaker]] and writer.<ref name=asu>{{cite news |first=Cameron|last=Stewart|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/whos-afraid-of-jordan-belfort-the-wolf-of-wall-street/story-e6frg8h6-1226906434759 |title=Who's afraid of Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street? |work=[[The Australian]]| date=May 10, 2014}}</ref> At a motivational talk that he delivered in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]], on May 19, 2014, Belfort stated: <blockquote>I got greedy. ... Greed is not good. Ambition is good, passion is good. Passion prospers. My goal is to give more than I get, that's a sustainable form of success. ... Ninety-five per cent of the business was legitimate. ... It was all brokerage firm issues. It was all legitimate, nothing to do with liquidating stocks.<ref name="Bloom" /></blockquote> Federal prosecutors and SEC officials involved in the case, however, have said, "Stratton Oakmont was not a real Wall Street firm, either literally or figuratively".<ref>{{Cite news| url =https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303453004579290450707920302|title=How the 'Wolf of Wall Street' Really Did It|first=Ronald L.|last=Rubin|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date = January 3, 2014}}</ref><ref name="dealbook.nytimes.com">{{Cite news| url =https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/the-real-belfort-story-missing-from-wolf-movie|title=The Real Belfort Story Missing From 'Wolf' Movie|first=Joel M.|last=Cohen|work=[[The New York Times]] |date =January 7, 2014}}</ref> ===Restitution=== Belfort's [[restitution]] agreement required him to pay 50% of his income toward restitution to the 1,513 clients he defrauded until 2009, with a total of $110&nbsp;million in restitution further mandated. About $10&nbsp;million of the $110&nbsp;million that had been recovered by Belfort's victims {{as of|2013|lc=y}} was the result of the sale of forfeited properties.<ref name="Real 'Wolf of Wall Street'">{{cite news|last=Dillon|first=Nancy|title=Real 'Wolf of Wall Street' Jordan Belfort still owes millions to victims: prosecutors|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/real-wolf-wall-street-owes-millions-prosecutors-article-1.1490297|access-date=October 25, 2013|work=Daily News|date=October 19, 2013}}</ref> In October 2013, federal prosecutors filed a complaint against Belfort. Several days later, the U.S. government withdrew its motion to find Belfort in default of his payments, after his lawyers argued that he had only been responsible for paying 50% of his salary to restitution until 2009, and not since. The restitution he paid during his parole period (after leaving prison) amounted to $382,910 in 2007, $148,799 in 2008, and $170,000 in 2009. After that period, Belfort began negotiating a restitution payment plan with the U.S. government.<ref name="Real">{{cite news| last=Kolhatkar | first=Sheelah | title=Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street | date=November 7, 2013 | work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek | publisher=Bloomberg | url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street#p4 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108215541/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street#p4 | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 8, 2013 | access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> The final deal Belfort made with the government was to pay a minimum of $10,000 per month for life toward the restitution, after a judge ruled that Belfort was not required to pay 50% of his income past the end of his parole. Belfort has claimed that he is putting the profits from his U.S. public speaking engagements and media royalties toward the restitution, in addition to the $10,000 per month.<ref name=bee /> Prosecutors also said that he had fled to Australia to avoid taxes and conceal his assets from his victims,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.designntrend.com/articles/10550/20140131/jordan-belfort-still-greedy-real-wolf-wall-street-runs-australia-avoid-paying-restitution-earns-millions-movie-motivational-speeches-dvd.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201232333/http://www.designntrend.com/articles/10550/20140131/jordan-belfort-still-greedy-real-wolf-wall-street-runs-australia-avoid-paying-restitution-earns-millions-movie-motivational-speeches-dvd.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2014|title=Jordan Belfort STILL Greedy: Real 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Runs To Australia To Avoid Paying Restitution, Earns Millions From Movie, Motivational Speeches, DVD|first=Peter|last=Black|magazine=[[Design & Trend]]|date=January 31, 2014}}</ref> but later recanted their statement, which had been given to ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref name=WSJ>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304347904579312560659290676|title=Prosecutors Give Poor Reviews to Restitution From Jordan Belfort, 'Wolf of Wall Street'|first=Charles|last=Levinson|date=January 14, 2014|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> by issuing Belfort an official apology and requesting that ''The Wall Street Journal'' print a retraction.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/us-attorneys-office-apologises-to-wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-over-article-suggesting-he-is-hiding-in-australia/story-e6frfmci-1226801457393|title=US attorney's office apologises to 'Wolf of Wall Street' Jordan Belfort over article suggesting he is hiding in Australia|work=NewsComAu|access-date=July 4, 2015|date=January 15, 2014|archive-date=July 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718052500/http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/us-attorneys-office-apologises-to-wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-over-article-suggesting-he-is-hiding-in-australia/story-e6frfmci-1226801457393|url-status=dead}}</ref> Belfort claimed on his website and elsewhere that he intended to request that "100% of the royalties" from his books and ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' film be turned over to victims. But in June 2014, spokesmen for the U.S. attorney said that Belfort's claim was "not factual",<ref>{{Cite news| url =http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/jordan-belfort-awful-person-is-now-touring |title= Jordan Belfort, Awful Person, is Now Touring|first= Michael|last=Howard |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |date = June 12, 2014}}</ref> and that he had received money from the initial sale of the [[film rights]] that was not entirely put toward his restitution repayment.<ref name=WSJ /> ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' reported that Belfort had paid only $21,000 toward his restitution obligations out of approximately $1.2&nbsp;million paid to him in connection with the film before its release.<ref name="businessweek">{{Cite news| url = http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street#p4 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131108215541/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street#p4 | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 8, 2013 |title=Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street|first=Sheelah|last=Kolhatkar|work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |date = November 7, 2013}}</ref> Belfort has said that the government refused his offer to put 100% of his book deal money toward his restitution.<ref name="businessweek"/><ref>{{Cite news| url =http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wolf-wall-street-jordan-belfort-ive-redeemed-myself-1465076|title=Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort: 'I've Redeemed Myself'|first= Sean|last=Martin|work=[[International Business Times]] |date = September 11, 2014}}</ref> === Cryptocurrency === Belfort was previously a skeptic of [[cryptocurrency]], having called [[Bitcoin]] "frickin' insanity" and "mass delusion". As he learned more about cryptocurrency, and the prices skyrocketed, he changed his mind. Belfort has declined offers to create Wolf-themed [[non-fungible token]]s despite saying that he "could easily make $10&nbsp;million." He has also said that he is "massively looking forward to regulation" of cryptocurrency. Belfort is an investor in several cryptocurrency start-ups.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Yaffe-Bellany |first=David |date=2022-04-15 |title=The Wolf of Crypto |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/technology/jordan-belfort-wolf-cryptocurrency.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==Writing== Belfort wrote two memoirs, ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (book)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' and ''[[Catching the Wolf of Wall Street]],'' which have been published in approximately 40 countries and translated into 18 languages.<ref name="TheAustralian" /> [[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|A film based on his books]] was released in 2013 starring [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] (as Belfort), [[Jonah Hill]], and [[Margot Robbie]]; the film was written by [[Terence Winter]] and directed by [[Martin Scorsese]].<ref name="Time" /><ref name="Rich" /> He wrote his first book in the days following his release from prison (after a false start during his sentence, when he wrote and destroyed 130 initial pages). He received a $500,000 advance from Random House, and before its release, a bidding war began for the book's film rights.<ref name=asu /> The former federal prosecutor who led the criminal investigation of Belfort said that he "invented much", that "he aggrandized his importance and reverence for him by others at his firm", and that "The real Belfort story still includes thousands of victims who lost hundreds of millions of dollars that they never will be repaid."<ref name="dealbook.nytimes.com"/> In 2017, he went on to write ''Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success''. It details the sales technique he used alongside his team of brokers while operating on Wall Street. In 2023, Belfort released ''The Wolf of Investing'' which he claims to be his ultimate strategy for making money on Wall St.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coggins |first=Madeline |date=2023-11-02 |title=The Wolf of Wall Street unveils the 'ultimate strategy' for the average investor |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/wolf-wall-street-unveils-ultimate-strategy-average-investor |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=FOXBusiness |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Motivational speaking== [[File:Jordan Belfort - May 30, 2010.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|Belfort in 2010]] Belfort has given motivational speeches.<ref name="TheAustralian" /><ref name="Real" /> This has included a tour of live seminars in Australia called "The Truth Behind His Success", in addition to other appearances. In a ''[[60 Minutes]]'' interview about his new career, Belfort said of his former life that his "greatest regret is losing people's money".{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} He also runs sales seminars called "Jordan Belfort's Straight Line Sales Psychology".<ref name=dt>{{cite web|url=http://www.designntrend.com/articles/11448/20140307/jordan-belforts-absurdly-lucrative-motivational-speaking-tour-real-wolf-of-wall-street-cashes-fame-from-martin-scorsese-movie.htm|title=Jordan Belfort's INSANELY Lucrative Motivational Speaking Tour: Real 'Wolf of Wall Street' EXPLOITS Fame From Martin Scorsese Movie To Boost 'Straight Line' Sales Program|work=[[Design & Trend]]|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> When he first began speaking, he focused largely on motivation and ethics, then moved his focus to [[Sales effectiveness|sales skills]] and entrepreneurship.<ref name=asu /> His speaking engagements are run through his business Global Motivation Inc. and, {{as of|2014|lc=y}}, Belfort was spending three weeks of each month on the road for speaking engagements. The main theme of his speeches includes the importance of [[business ethics]] and learning from the mistakes he made during the 1990s—such as believing that he was justified in skirting the rules of financial regulators simply because it was a common thing to do.<ref name=bee>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/personal-finance/claudia-buck/article2613236.html|title=Wolf of Wall Street: Q&A with Jordan Belfort|work=sacbee|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> His per-engagement speaking fees have been about $30,000–75,000 and his per sales seminar fee can be $80,000 or more. The main subject matter of his seminars is what he has called "Straight Line System", a system of sales advice.<ref name=asu /><ref name=dt /> Some reviewers have reacted negatively to the content of the speeches, specifically Belfort's recounting of stories from the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-miserable-night-at-jordan-737331|title=Jordan Belfort's Groupon Sales Seminar - Hollywood Reporter|first=Soo|last=Youn|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> == Australian training scandal == An investigation led by [[Seven News|7News]] and ''[[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|The Sunday Mail]]'' uncovered links between Belfort and employment company [[Career Pathways]] Australia run by Paul Conquest, who also has majority-ownership of Face to Face Training.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Anthony|last=Gough|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-in-taxpayerfunded-australian-training-programs/news-story/58d972da386fe64b177c51f6b9385a7c|title=Taxpayers keep Wolf from the door|newspaper=[[Courier & Mail]]|date=March 28, 2015|access-date=December 31, 2017|language=en}}</ref> These two brands were heavily promoted at Belfort workshops held at [[Brisbane]]'s Eatons Hill Hotel. Belfort reportedly gave two workshops on Sales for the staff of Face to Face Training.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Broede|last=Carmody|url=https://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/training-company-with-links-to-the-wolf-of-wall-street-collapses-into-liquidation/|title=Training company with links to the Wolf of Wall Street collapses into liquidation |date=April 18, 2016|work=SmartCompany|access-date=December 31, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Face to Face Training received $3.9 million from the state government during [[Fiscal year|FY]]-2014 and $6.34 million during FY-2015 for its training and assessment services. The majority of this money was expected to be spent on service training and certification which did not happen. [[9news.com.au|9 News Australia]] called the training program a scam and the certification program a "tick and flick"<ref>{{Citation|last=WalrusRider|title=Jordan Belfort Caught Scamming in Australia - "The Wolf of Queensland" (2015)|date=May 17, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je-TytYQJiw| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703204125/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je-TytYQJiw&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2017-07-03|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref> in its [[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|''60 Minutes'']] segment. ==Personal life== Belfort married his first wife Denise Lombardo in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wanjiru |first=Florence |date=2022-01-21 |title=Denise Lombardo: What happened to Jordan Belfort's first wife? |url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/facts-lifehacks/celebrity-biographies/439642-denise-lombardo-what-happened-jordan-belforts-wife/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. |language=en}}</ref> While running Stratton Oakmont, Belfort and Lombardo were divorced. He later married [[Nadine Caridi]], a British-born, [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn]]-raised model whom he met at a party. He had two children with her. Belfort and Caridi ultimately separated following her claims of [[domestic violence]], which were fueled by his problems with drug addiction and infidelity. They divorced in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jordan-belfort-meet-real-wolf-3011694|title=Jordan Belfort: Meet the REAL Wolf of Wall Street as played by Leonardo DiCaprio|first=Annette|last=Witheridge|date=March 2, 2014|work=[[Daily Mirror]]}}</ref><ref name="Slate">{{cite journal|last=Walker|first=Rob|title=Genius of Capitalism: Steve Madden|journal=[[Slate (website)|Slate]]|date=April 10, 2002|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2064214|access-date=October 28, 2010}}</ref> Belfort is an avid tennis player.<ref name="asu" /> Belfort was the final owner of the luxury yacht ''Nadine'', which was originally built for [[Coco Chanel]] in 1961. The yacht was renamed after Caridi. In June 1996, the yacht sank off the east coast of [[Sardinia]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/slider.html#!yacht/24-06-1996/24-06-1996/NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGAJlALlMAaMAzAJwHsYkwAmAFgHoAGANmoEYBOF+nMdIsqux1uzABfbOGjwyAazgBPAO5ECKTujgAPdGVlQAxgAstwgLpA|title=I naufraghi dello yacht miliardario salvati in extremis|date=June 24, 1996|newspaper=[[Corriere Della Sera]]|access-date=December 3, 2019|issue=paywall|language=it}}</ref> and [[frogmen]] from the [[Italian Navy]] [[special forces]] unit ''[[Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei|COMSUBIN]]'' rescued all who were aboard the vessel. Belfort said that he insisted on sailing out in high winds against the advice of his captain, resulting in the sinking of the vessel when waves smashed the foredeck hatch.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Kenny |last=Wooton |title=The Longest Night |journal=Yachting |volume=181 |number=5 |date=May 1997|page=54|issn=0043-9940}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Wolf of Wall Street |first=Jordan |last=Belfort |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-553-80546-8 |year=2007 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/wolfofwallstreet00belf/page/406 406–409] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/wolfofwallstreet00belf/page/406 }}</ref> In the fall of 2021, a hacker stole $300,000 in digital tokens from Belfort's [[cryptocurrency wallet]].<ref name=":0" /> === Politics === In the 1990s, Belfort donated $100,000 to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] and $2,000 to [[Al D'Amato]]'s reelection campaign in the [[1992 United States Senate election in New York]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Labaton |first=Stephen |date=1994-06-17 |title=D'Amato Defending Remarkable One-Day Profit |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/17/nyregion/d-amato-defending-remarkable-one-day-profit.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Despite calling himself "a liberal at heart", with "social views [that] are liberal; abortion and stuff like that," Belfort said that in the run-up to the [[2016 United States presidential election]], he "became very pro-Trump . . . . And then when I saw what happened after he won, I was like‚ 'this country is worse that I thought!' There's obviously such a problem with the liberals, I'd never seen anything like it."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-27 |title=Jordan Belfort: «Why I Voted for Donald Trump» |url=https://www.finews.com/news/english-news/25959-jordan-belfort-wolf-of-wall-street-switzerland-speeches-donald-trump-greg-coleman-4 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=finews.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> Ultimately Belfort voted for [[Donald Trump]] because he agreed with Trump on [[libertarian conservatism|government size]] and [[immigration policy of Donald Trump|immigration policy]].<ref name="Jarvis2019">{{Cite web |last=Jarvis |first=Jacob |date=2019-04-28 |title='Wolf of Wall Street': Trump weakened by gift of 'p****** people off' |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-says-donald-trump-has-weakened-his-influence-by-p-ing-people-off-a4126326.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> Despite his support for Trump he has also acknowledged that Trump's rhetoric is divisive.<ref name="Jarvis2019" /> During the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic primaries]], he criticized [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Elizabeth Warren]] for policy proposals that would affect financial institutions, saying "What frightens me about a Bernie Sanders or an Elizabeth Warren is like they think that government is the answer but the policies that they're talking about will literally destroy the fabric of the country".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halon |first=Yael |date=2019-10-11 |title=Real-life 'Wolf of Wall Street' supports Trump, slams Warren and Sanders' 'destructive' policies |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/real-life-wolf-wall-street-tomi-lahren |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Works== ===Nonfiction=== ;Autobiographies: *''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (book)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' (Bantam, 2007). {{ISBN|978-0553805468}}.<ref>{{cite book|title=The wolf of Wall Street|via=OCLC WorldCat|publisher=OCLC|year=2001–2014|oclc=123912480}}</ref> *''[[Catching the Wolf of Wall Street|Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison]]'' (Bantam, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0553807042}}.<ref>{{cite book|title=Catching the Wolf of Wall Street|via=OCLC WorldCat|publisher=OCLC|year=2001–2014|oclc=232129347}}</ref> ;Self-help: *''Way of the Wolf: Become a Master Closer with Straight Line Selling'' (2017). {{ISBN|9781501164286}}. ==Adaptations== Filming of Scorsese's adaptation of Belfort's memoirs began in August 2012, and [[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|the film]] was released on December 25, 2013.<ref name="Rich">{{cite magazine | last=Rich | first=Katey | title=''Wolf of Wall Street'' Editor Thelma Schoonmaker Says Leonardo DiCaprio "Will Do Anything for Marty" | url= https://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2014/01/wolf-of-wall-street-editor-thelma-schoonmaker-there-s-nothing-like-a-handsome-actor-making-fun-of-himself | magazine= Vanity Fair | date=January 7, 2014 | access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>Fleming, Mike (April 19, 2012). [https://www.deadline.com/2012/04/toldja-martin-scorsese-leonardo-dicaprio-commit-to-the-wolf-of-wall-street "TOLDJA! Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio Commit To 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'"]. Deadline.com. PMC. Retrieved August 11, 2012.</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine reported that many of the escapades depicted in the film are consistent with Belfort's memoirs and what was written about him in ''[[Forbes]]'' articles, although some of the ''Forbes''-related content was embellished.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine| last=Dockterman | first=Eliana | title=''The Wolf of Wall Street'': The True Story | date=December 26, 2013 | magazine=Time | url=http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/26/wolf-wall-street-true-story/ | access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> Belfort was portrayed by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], who won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] and was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his performance. Belfort has a cameo in the closing scene of the film as an [[Auckland]] Straight Line host.<ref>{{cite web|first=Zimbio|last=JJ Duncan |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/how-true-is-the-wolf-of-wall-street-2013-12?r=US&IR=T |title=3 Things That Completely Undermine 'The Wolf Of Wall Street' |magazine=[[Business Insider]] |date=December 24, 2013 |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref> ==In popular culture== Jordan Belfort was also featured in an episode of ''[[American Greed]]'' (Season 9, episode 8) called "The Real Wolf of Wall Street".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/02/02/american-greed-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street.html|title=CNBC - American Greed episode preview|website=[[CNBC]] |date=February 2, 2018 }}</ref> ==See also== * [[White-collar crime]] ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{cc}} * {{Official website|http://jordanbelfort.com}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Belfort, Jordan}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century American criminals]] [[Category:American businesspeople convicted of crimes]] [[Category:20th-century American Jews]] [[Category:21st-century American memoirists]] [[Category:American people convicted of money laundering]] [[Category:American motivational speakers]] [[Category:American people convicted of fraud]] [[Category:American stockbrokers]] [[Category:American University alumni]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Queens, New York]] [[Category:Criminals from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from the Bronx]] [[Category:People from Bayside, Queens]] [[Category:21st-century American Jews]]'
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data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="85" data-mwtitle="JordanBelfortRapport.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/JordanBelfortRapport.ogg/JordanBelfortRapport.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/JordanBelfortRapport.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs=&quot;vorbis&quot;" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">On the importance of rapport in business</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jb.online">jb.online</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jordan Ross Belfort</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">⫽<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;b&#39; in &#39;buy&#39;">b</span><span title="/ɛ/: &#39;e&#39; in &#39;dress&#39;">ɛ</span><span title="&#39;l&#39; in &#39;lie&#39;">l</span><span title="&#39;f&#39; in &#39;find&#39;">f</span><span title="/ə/: &#39;a&#39; in &#39;about&#39;">ə</span><span title="&#39;r&#39; in &#39;rye&#39;">r</span><span title="&#39;t&#39; in &#39;tie&#39;">t</span></span>⫽</a></span></span>; born July 9, 1962) is an American former <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stockbroker" title="Stockbroker">stockbroker</a>, financial criminal, and businessman who pleaded guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Market_manipulation" title="Market manipulation">stock-market manipulation</a> and running a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Boiler_room_(business)" title="Boiler room (business)">boiler room</a> as part of a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Microcap_stock_fraud" title="Microcap stock fraud">penny-stock scam</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which, becoming an informant for the FBI and wearing a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Covert_listening_device" title="Covert listening device">wire</a>, he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme.<sup id="cite_ref-TheAustralian_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheAustralian-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup> He published the memoir <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(book)" title="The Wolf of Wall Street (book)">The Wolf of Wall Street</a></i> in 2007, which was adapted into <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a>'s <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(2013_film)" title="The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)">film of the same name</a> released in 2013, in which he was played by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Early_ventures"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Early ventures</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Stratton_Oakmont"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Stratton Oakmont</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Restitution"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Restitution</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Cryptocurrency"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Cryptocurrency</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Writing"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Writing</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Motivational_speaking"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Motivational speaking</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Australian_training_scandal"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Australian training scandal</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Personal_life"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Personal life</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Politics"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Politics</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Works"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Works</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Nonfiction"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Nonfiction</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Adaptations"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Adaptations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#In_popular_culture"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">In popular culture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Belfort was born in 1962 in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">the Bronx</a>, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Borough_of_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough of New York City">borough of New York City</a>, to Jewish parents, Maxwell "Max" Belfort and Leah (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/N%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Née">née</a> Markowitz).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup> They were both accountants.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sleep_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sleep-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">&#91;9&#93;</a></sup> His paternal grandfather, Jack Belfort (1904-1970), was an immigrant from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, while his grandmother was a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Second_Generation_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Generation American">Second Generation American</a> born to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuanian</a> parents in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">&#91;10&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup> Belfort was raised in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bayside,_Queens" title="Bayside, Queens">Bayside, Queens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph.co.uk-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">&#91;13&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sleep_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sleep-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vulture_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulture-14">&#91;14&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autobio_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autobio-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup> Between completing high school and starting college, Belfort and his close childhood friend Elliot Loewenstern earned $20,000 selling <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Italian_ice" title="Italian ice">Italian ice</a> from styrofoam coolers to people at a local beach.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">&#91;16&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Belfort went on to graduate from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/American_University" title="American University">American University</a> with a degree in biology.<sup id="cite_ref-vulture_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vulture-14">&#91;14&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-17">&#91;17&#93;</a></sup> Belfort planned on using the money earned with Loewenstern to pay for dental school,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">&#91;18&#93;</a></sup> and he enrolled at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Maryland_School_of_Dentistry" title="University of Maryland School of Dentistry">University of Maryland School of Dentistry</a>. However, the dean of the dental school gave a welcoming speech on the first day in which he said "The golden age of dentistry is over. If you're here simply because you're looking to make a lot of money, you're in the wrong place." Belfort subsequently elected not to attend the graduate program.<sup id="cite_ref-indep_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indep-19">&#91;19&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">&#91;20&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_ventures">Early ventures</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Early ventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Belfort became a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Door-to-door" title="Door-to-door">door-to-door</a> meat and seafood salesman on <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a>, New York.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-17">&#91;17&#93;</a></sup> He claims in interviews and his memoirs that the business was an initial success; he grew his meat-selling business to employ several workers and sell 5,000 pounds (2,300 kilograms) of beef and fish a week.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-17">&#91;17&#93;</a></sup> The business ultimately failed, and he filed for bankruptcy at 25.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-17">&#91;17&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>According to his memoirs and interviews, a family friend helped him find a job as a trainee stockbroker at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/L.F._Rothschild" title="L.F. Rothschild">L.F. Rothschild</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">&#91;21&#93;</a></sup> Belfort says he was laid off after that firm experienced financial difficulties related to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)" title="Black Monday (1987)">Black Monday</a> stock market crash of 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-indep_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indep-19">&#91;19&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-slate.com_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slate.com-22">&#91;22&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nyt1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nyt1-23">&#91;23&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Stratton_Oakmont">Stratton Oakmont</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Stratton Oakmont"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Belfort founded <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Stratton_Oakmont" title="Stratton Oakmont">Stratton Oakmont</a> as a franchise of Stratton Securities, then later bought out the original founder.<sup id="cite_ref-slate.com_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slate.com-22">&#91;22&#93;</a></sup> Stratton Oakmont functioned as a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Boiler_room_(business)" title="Boiler room (business)">boiler room</a> that marketed <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Penny_stock" title="Penny stock">penny stocks</a> and defrauded investors with "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pump_and_dump" title="Pump and dump">pump and dump</a>" stock sales.<sup id="cite_ref-Wolf_of_Wall_Street_Movie_Rights_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wolf_of_Wall_Street_Movie_Rights-24">&#91;24&#93;</a></sup> During his years at Stratton, Belfort led a life of lavish parties and intensive use of recreational drugs, especially <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Methaqualone" title="Methaqualone">methaqualone</a>—sold to him under the brand name "Quaalude"—that resulted in an addiction.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph.co.uk-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">&#91;25&#93;</a></sup> Stratton Oakmont at one point employed over 1,000 stock brokers and was involved in stock issues totaling more than $1 billion, including being behind the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/IPO" class="mw-redirect" title="IPO">initial public offering</a> for footwear company <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Steve_Madden_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Madden (company)">Steve Madden</a>. The firm was targeted by law enforcement officials throughout nearly its entire history, and its notoriety inspired the film <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Boiler_Room_(film)" title="Boiler Room (film)">Boiler Room</a></i> (2000),<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">&#91;26&#93;</a></sup> as well as the biopic <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(2013_film)" title="The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)">The Wolf of Wall Street</a></i> (2013). </p><p>Stratton Oakmont was under near-constant scrutiny from the National Association of Securities Dealers (now the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Financial_Industry_Regulatory_Authority" title="Financial Industry Regulatory Authority">Financial Industry Regulatory Authority</a>) from 1989 onward. Finally, in December 1996, the NASD expelled Stratton Oakmont, putting it out of business.<sup id="cite_ref-finra.org_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finra.org-27">&#91;27&#93;</a></sup> Belfort was then indicted for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Securities_fraud" title="Securities fraud">securities fraud</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering">money laundering</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">&#91;28&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bloom_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bloom-29">&#91;29&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Belfort became an informant for the FBI and wore a wire against numerous partners and associates, later testifying against many of them.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">&#91;30&#93;</a></sup> On July 18, 2003, Belfort was sentenced to four years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">&#91;31&#93;</a></sup> Belfort served 22 months of the sentence at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Taft_Correctional_Institution" title="Taft Correctional Institution">Taft Correctional Institution</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Taft,_California" title="Taft, California">Taft, California</a>, in exchange for a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Plea_deal" class="mw-redirect" title="Plea deal">plea deal</a> with the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> for running pump-and-dump scams that led to investor losses of approximately $200 million.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph.co.uk-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">&#91;32&#93;</a></sup> Belfort was ordered to pay back $110.4 million that he swindled from stock buyers.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">&#91;33&#93;</a></sup> Belfort shared a cell with <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tommy_Chong" title="Tommy Chong">Tommy Chong</a> while serving his sentence, and Chong encouraged him to write about his experiences as a stockbroker.<sup id="cite_ref-NYMag_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYMag-34">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup> The pair remained friends after their release from prison,<sup id="cite_ref-NYMag_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYMag-34">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup> with Belfort crediting Chong for his new career direction as a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Motivational_speaker" title="Motivational speaker">motivational speaker</a> and writer.<sup id="cite_ref-asu_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asu-35">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> At a motivational talk that he delivered in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dubai" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, on May 19, 2014, Belfort stated: </p> <blockquote><p>I got greedy. ... Greed is not good. Ambition is good, passion is good. Passion prospers. My goal is to give more than I get, that's a sustainable form of success. ... Ninety-five per cent of the business was legitimate. ... It was all brokerage firm issues. It was all legitimate, nothing to do with liquidating stocks.<sup id="cite_ref-Bloom_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bloom-29">&#91;29&#93;</a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Federal prosecutors and SEC officials involved in the case, however, have said, "Stratton Oakmont was not a real Wall Street firm, either literally or figuratively".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">&#91;36&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dealbook.nytimes.com_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dealbook.nytimes.com-37">&#91;37&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Restitution">Restitution</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Restitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Belfort's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Restitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Restitution">restitution</a> agreement required him to pay 50% of his income toward restitution to the 1,513 clients he defrauded until 2009, with a total of $110&#160;million in restitution further mandated. About $10&#160;million of the $110&#160;million that had been recovered by Belfort's victims as of 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup> was the result of the sale of forfeited properties.<sup id="cite_ref-Real_&#39;Wolf_of_Wall_Street&#39;_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Real_&#39;Wolf_of_Wall_Street&#39;-38">&#91;38&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In October 2013, federal prosecutors filed a complaint against Belfort. Several days later, the U.S. government withdrew its motion to find Belfort in default of his payments, after his lawyers argued that he had only been responsible for paying 50% of his salary to restitution until 2009, and not since. The restitution he paid during his parole period (after leaving prison) amounted to $382,910 in 2007, $148,799 in 2008, and $170,000 in 2009. After that period, Belfort began negotiating a restitution payment plan with the U.S. government.<sup id="cite_ref-Real_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Real-39">&#91;39&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The final deal Belfort made with the government was to pay a minimum of $10,000 per month for life toward the restitution, after a judge ruled that Belfort was not required to pay 50% of his income past the end of his parole. Belfort has claimed that he is putting the profits from his U.S. public speaking engagements and media royalties toward the restitution, in addition to the $10,000 per month.<sup id="cite_ref-bee_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bee-40">&#91;40&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Prosecutors also said that he had fled to Australia to avoid taxes and conceal his assets from his victims,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">&#91;41&#93;</a></sup> but later recanted their statement, which had been given to <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-42">&#91;42&#93;</a></sup> by issuing Belfort an official apology and requesting that <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> print a retraction.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">&#91;43&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Belfort claimed on his website and elsewhere that he intended to request that "100% of the royalties" from his books and <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(2013_film)" title="The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)">The Wolf of Wall Street</a></i> film be turned over to victims. But in June 2014, spokesmen for the U.S. attorney said that Belfort's claim was "not factual",<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">&#91;44&#93;</a></sup> and that he had received money from the initial sale of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Film_rights" title="Film rights">film rights</a> that was not entirely put toward his restitution repayment.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-42">&#91;42&#93;</a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/BusinessWeek" class="mw-redirect" title="BusinessWeek">BusinessWeek</a></i> reported that Belfort had paid only $21,000 toward his restitution obligations out of approximately $1.2&#160;million paid to him in connection with the film before its release.<sup id="cite_ref-businessweek_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-businessweek-45">&#91;45&#93;</a></sup> Belfort has said that the government refused his offer to put 100% of his book deal money toward his restitution.<sup id="cite_ref-businessweek_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-businessweek-45">&#91;45&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">&#91;46&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Cryptocurrency">Cryptocurrency</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Cryptocurrency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Belfort was previously a skeptic of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a>, having called <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a> "frickin' insanity" and "mass delusion". As he learned more about cryptocurrency, and the prices skyrocketed, he changed his mind. Belfort has declined offers to create Wolf-themed <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Non-fungible_token" title="Non-fungible token">non-fungible tokens</a> despite saying that he "could easily make $10&#160;million." He has also said that he is "massively looking forward to regulation" of cryptocurrency. Belfort is an investor in several cryptocurrency start-ups.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47">&#91;47&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Writing">Writing</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Belfort wrote two memoirs, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(book)" title="The Wolf of Wall Street (book)">The Wolf of Wall Street</a></i> and <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Catching_the_Wolf_of_Wall_Street" title="Catching the Wolf of Wall Street">Catching the Wolf of Wall Street</a>,</i> which have been published in approximately 40 countries and translated into 18 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-TheAustralian_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheAustralian-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(2013_film)" title="The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)">A film based on his books</a> was released in 2013 starring <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> (as Belfort), <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jonah_Hill" title="Jonah Hill">Jonah Hill</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Margot_Robbie" title="Margot Robbie">Margot Robbie</a>; the film was written by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Terence_Winter" title="Terence Winter">Terence Winter</a> and directed by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Time_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time-48">&#91;48&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rich_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rich-49">&#91;49&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>He wrote his first book in the days following his release from prison (after a false start during his sentence, when he wrote and destroyed 130 initial pages). He received a $500,000 advance from Random House, and before its release, a bidding war began for the book's film rights.<sup id="cite_ref-asu_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asu-35">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> The former federal prosecutor who led the criminal investigation of Belfort said that he "invented much", that "he aggrandized his importance and reverence for him by others at his firm", and that "The real Belfort story still includes thousands of victims who lost hundreds of millions of dollars that they never will be repaid."<sup id="cite_ref-dealbook.nytimes.com_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dealbook.nytimes.com-37">&#91;37&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, he went on to write <i>Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success</i>. It details the sales technique he used alongside his team of brokers while operating on Wall Street. In 2023, Belfort released <i>The Wolf of Investing</i> which he claims to be his ultimate strategy for making money on Wall St.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">&#91;50&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Motivational_speaking">Motivational speaking</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Motivational speaking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Jordan_Belfort_-_May_30,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Jordan_Belfort_-_May_30%2C_2010.jpg/180px-Jordan_Belfort_-_May_30%2C_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Jordan_Belfort_-_May_30%2C_2010.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="292" /></a><figcaption>Belfort in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Belfort has given motivational speeches.<sup id="cite_ref-TheAustralian_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheAustralian-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Real_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Real-39">&#91;39&#93;</a></sup> This has included a tour of live seminars in Australia called "The Truth Behind His Success", in addition to other appearances. In a <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i> interview about his new career, Belfort said of his former life that his "greatest regret is losing people's money".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> He also runs sales seminars called "Jordan Belfort's Straight Line Sales Psychology".<sup id="cite_ref-dt_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dt-51">&#91;51&#93;</a></sup> When he first began speaking, he focused largely on motivation and ethics, then moved his focus to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sales_effectiveness" title="Sales effectiveness">sales skills</a> and entrepreneurship.<sup id="cite_ref-asu_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asu-35">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>His speaking engagements are run through his business Global Motivation Inc. and, as of 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, Belfort was spending three weeks of each month on the road for speaking engagements. The main theme of his speeches includes the importance of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Business_ethics" title="Business ethics">business ethics</a> and learning from the mistakes he made during the 1990s—such as believing that he was justified in skirting the rules of financial regulators simply because it was a common thing to do.<sup id="cite_ref-bee_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bee-40">&#91;40&#93;</a></sup> His per-engagement speaking fees have been about $30,000–75,000 and his per sales seminar fee can be $80,000 or more. </p><p>The main subject matter of his seminars is what he has called "Straight Line System", a system of sales advice.<sup id="cite_ref-asu_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asu-35">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dt_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dt-51">&#91;51&#93;</a></sup> Some reviewers have reacted negatively to the content of the speeches, specifically Belfort's recounting of stories from the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">&#91;52&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Australian_training_scandal">Australian training scandal</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Australian training scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>An investigation led by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seven_News" title="Seven News">7News</a> and <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Sunday_Mail_(Brisbane)" title="The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)">The Sunday Mail</a></i> uncovered links between Belfort and employment company <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Career_Pathways" title="Career Pathways">Career Pathways</a> Australia run by Paul Conquest, who also has majority-ownership of Face to Face Training.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53">&#91;53&#93;</a></sup> These two brands were heavily promoted at Belfort workshops held at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>'s Eatons Hill Hotel. Belfort reportedly gave two workshops on Sales for the staff of Face to Face Training.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">&#91;54&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Face to Face Training received $3.9 million from the state government during <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fiscal_year" title="Fiscal year">FY</a>-2014 and $6.34 million during FY-2015 for its training and assessment services. The majority of this money was expected to be spent on service training and certification which did not happen. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/9news.com.au" class="mw-redirect" title="9news.com.au">9 News Australia</a> called the training program a scam and the certification program a "tick and flick"<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup> in its <a href="/enwiki/wiki/60_Minutes_(Australian_TV_program)" title="60 Minutes (Australian TV program)"><i>60 Minutes</i></a> segment. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Belfort married his first wife Denise Lombardo in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">&#91;56&#93;</a></sup> While running Stratton Oakmont, Belfort and Lombardo were divorced. He later married <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nadine_Caridi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nadine Caridi">Nadine Caridi</a>, a British-born, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bay_Ridge,_Brooklyn" title="Bay Ridge, Brooklyn">Bay Ridge, Brooklyn</a>-raised model whom he met at a party. He had two children with her. Belfort and Caridi ultimately separated following her claims of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence">domestic violence</a>, which were fueled by his problems with drug addiction and infidelity. They divorced in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">&#91;57&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Slate_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slate-58">&#91;58&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Belfort is an avid tennis player.<sup id="cite_ref-asu_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asu-35">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Belfort was the final owner of the luxury yacht <i>Nadine</i>, which was originally built for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Coco_Chanel" title="Coco Chanel">Coco Chanel</a> in 1961. The yacht was renamed after Caridi. In June 1996, the yacht sank off the east coast of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frogmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Frogmen">frogmen</a> from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Italian_Navy" title="Italian Navy">Italian Navy</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">special forces</a> unit <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Comando_Raggruppamento_Subacquei_e_Incursori_Teseo_Tesei" title="Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei">COMSUBIN</a></i> rescued all who were aboard the vessel. Belfort said that he insisted on sailing out in high winds against the advice of his captain, resulting in the sinking of the vessel when waves smashed the foredeck hatch.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60">&#91;60&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">&#91;61&#93;</a></sup> In the fall of 2021, a hacker stole $300,000 in digital tokens from Belfort's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cryptocurrency_wallet" title="Cryptocurrency wallet">cryptocurrency wallet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-47">&#91;47&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Politics">Politics</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In the 1990s, Belfort donated $100,000 to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> and $2,000 to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Al_D%27Amato" title="Al D&#39;Amato">Al D'Amato</a>'s reelection campaign in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_York" title="1992 United States Senate election in New York">1992 United States Senate election in New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62">&#91;62&#93;</a></sup> Despite calling himself "a liberal at heart", with "social views [that] are liberal; abortion and stuff like that," Belfort said that in the run-up to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 United States presidential election</a>, he "became very pro-Trump . . . . And then when I saw what happened after he won, I was like‚ 'this country is worse that I thought!' There's obviously such a problem with the liberals, I'd never seen anything like it."<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63">&#91;63&#93;</a></sup> Ultimately Belfort voted for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> because he agreed with Trump on <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Libertarian_conservatism" title="Libertarian conservatism">government size</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Immigration_policy_of_Donald_Trump" title="Immigration policy of Donald Trump">immigration policy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jarvis2019_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jarvis2019-64">&#91;64&#93;</a></sup> Despite his support for Trump he has also acknowledged that Trump's rhetoric is divisive.<sup id="cite_ref-Jarvis2019_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jarvis2019-64">&#91;64&#93;</a></sup> During the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries">2020 Democratic primaries</a>, he criticized <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a> for policy proposals that would affect financial institutions, saying "What frightens me about a Bernie Sanders or an Elizabeth Warren is like they think that government is the answer but the policies that they're talking about will literally destroy the fabric of the country".<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65">&#91;65&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Works">Works</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Nonfiction">Nonfiction</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Nonfiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <dl><dt>Autobiographies</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(book)" title="The Wolf of Wall Street (book)">The Wolf of Wall Street</a></i> (Bantam, 2007). <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1215172403">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a{background-size:contain}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output 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href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0553805468" title="Special:BookSources/978-0553805468">978-0553805468</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66">&#91;66&#93;</a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Catching_the_Wolf_of_Wall_Street" title="Catching the Wolf of Wall Street">Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison</a></i> (Bantam, 2009). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0553807042" title="Special:BookSources/978-0553807042">978-0553807042</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67">&#91;67&#93;</a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Self-help</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Way of the Wolf: Become a Master Closer with Straight Line Selling</i> (2017). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781501164286" title="Special:BookSources/9781501164286">9781501164286</a>.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Adaptations">Adaptations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Filming of Scorsese's adaptation of Belfort's memoirs began in August 2012, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(2013_film)" title="The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)">the film</a> was released on December 25, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-Rich_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rich-49">&#91;49&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68">&#91;68&#93;</a></sup> <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine reported that many of the escapades depicted in the film are consistent with Belfort's memoirs and what was written about him in <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> articles, although some of the <i>Forbes</i>-related content was embellished.<sup id="cite_ref-Time_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time-48">&#91;48&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Belfort was portrayed by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a>, who won the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Musical_or_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy">Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy</a> and was nominated for an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Academy Award for Best Actor</a> for his performance. Belfort has a cameo in the closing scene of the film as an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a> Straight Line host.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69">&#91;69&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Jordan Belfort was also featured in an episode of <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/American_Greed" title="American Greed">American Greed</a></i> (Season 9, episode 8) called "The Real Wolf of Wall Street".<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70">&#91;70&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/White-collar_crime" title="White-collar crime">White-collar crime</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Belfort&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1217336898">.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-telegraph.co.uk-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-telegraph.co.uk_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFLeonard2008" class="citation news cs1">Leonard, Tom (February 25, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3635727/Jordan-Belfort-Confessions-of-the-Wolf-of-Wall-Street.html">"Jordan Belfort: Confessions of the Wolf of Wall Street"</a>. <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>. 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Whether or not the change was made through a Tor exit node (tor_exit_node)
false
Unix timestamp of change (timestamp)
'1720383726'