born 1962
Jordan Belfort is an American former stockbroker, motivational speaker, and author, best known for founding the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont and for his role in a notorious stock market manipulation scheme during the 1990s. His life and criminal activities were dramatized in the 2013 film "The Wolf of Wall Street," directed by Martin Scorsese. After serving time in prison for fraud, Belfort has since pursued a career in motivational speaking and business training.