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My Take
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.
Overview
Jordan Ross Belfort (; born July 9, 1962) is an American former stockbroker, criminal, and businessman who pleaded guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as part of a penny-stock scam in 1999.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
- Origin
- The Bronx, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- motivational speaker / author / stockbroker / broker-dealer / broker
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Bayside High School
- University
- American University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Wolf of Wall Street | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.