Jordan Belfort

Jordan Belfort fascinates me precisely because he is a cautionary tale dressed up as a success story. A Bronx kid who clawed his way up Wall Street only to plead guilty to fraud, he became famous through The Wolf of Wall Street, a memoir and film that glamorize what was, at bottom, theft from real victims. I think it is a mistake to romanticize him. Still, I grudgingly note the sheer resilience of reinventing himself as a motivational speaker after disgrace; talking his way back from the bottom is its own grim talent. For me, his real value is as a study in the cost of unchecked greed.

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Name (English)

Jordan Belfort

Name (Japanese)

ジョーダン・ベルフォート

Reading

じょーだん・べるふぉーと

Born

July 9, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

The Bronx, New York, United States

Occupation

motivational speaker / author / stockbroker / broker-dealer / broker

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

High school

Bayside High School

University

American University

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://jordanbelfort.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/wolfofwallst/
• Xhttps://x.com/wolfofwallst
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%20Belfort
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3183674

Tags

• New York
• motivational speaker
• author
• stockbroker

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.