Jordan Belfort is best known as The Wolf of Wall Street, due to his earlier work, life style, publications and now his films, born in 1962 Jordan was the son of accountants, Max and Lear Belfort. He is known for his, possibly greatest brokerage firms on the Wall Street in the 1990s, Stratton Oakmont, although he was never on Wall Street but on Long Island. Jordan's sales pitch combined with the conviction to become famous and rich, lead him to found Stratton Oakmont, the brokerage company sold unsuspecting investors valueless stocks then left them in the dark when those investments crashed. This business made him serve 22 months jail term and indemnification payments to the people he defrauded. When running Stratton Oakmont, Jordan made in excess of $1 billion dollars via a number of loyal workers he had hired to carry out penny stock sales to prospective investors. Both he and his staff became wealthy quickly, and enjoyed the trappings of their success; taking drugs and partying non stop. http://www.wolfofwallstreetbook.com/the-wolf-of-wall-street-book-review-is-the-wolf-of-wall-street-book-any-good
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