Biography
Jordan Belfort is an entrepreneur, for some time in the financial elite of the United States. It became famous for economic fraud, which was fraudulent to receive income. Risk and money accompany Biography of Belforte from its start. Having written memoirs about your life, the businessman provided Martin at the scope of the foundation for creating a film "Wolf with Wall Street", in which Leonardo di Caprio starred.Childhood and youth
Jordan Belfort was born in New York on July 9, 1962. Parents worked by accountants. Max and Lia Belfort were Jews. Consider how to treat finances, they have laid the son's understanding of how material well-being is being formed. Little Jordan dreamed of wealth. Quickly understood how to earn, he was taken for any job: I cleared the snow, I sold ice cream on the beach and found other options for receiving pocket money.
At 18, Belfoth got his own small business, selling necklaces from seashells. In his team there were 3 employees: the guys shame. The middle income of the guy was $ 200 per day. In parallel, the teenager scooped ice cream at a low cost and sold with an extraction on the beach, which also brought income.
After graduating from school, Jordan became a university student, where he received a degree in biology. Then he decided to get an education in Baltimore college, learning to a dentist. The main motivation and here were finance. Hearing the dean of the view that the best times for medical professionals and material well-being were now difficult to achieve, Belforte immediately took the documents from the university.
Career
At 23, Jordan Belfort began to trade with meat and seafood. At first, the company managed to find private clients, but it was not possible to expand the audience to customers from the field of catering. Realizing that it is possible to take products on credit, Jordan thought out a business plan, took loans, bought trucks for logistics and began selling sales. He received some profit, persuaded customers to acquire loan, but did not calculate risks, and the company was ruined.Belforte was looking for a way to pay with creditors and decided to try forces as a broker. Already in his youth, he felt the ability to actively sell. Parents supported, and each other's friend helped Jordan to interview Rothschild L.F., where to get around competitors, Belforte tried to sell the executive.
It was arrogant and at the same time a clever move, thanks to which a young man got the work of the doser in the company. Six months later, he became the owner of a brokerage license.
Jordan Belfort in Franchise organized Stratton-Oakmont company with office on Long Island. "Cold calls" played a big role, and the training led himself Belfort. He thought about the call regulations. The "Wolf Wolf-Street" method was successful. Commissions increased day by day. The transactions did not have time to process, and employees even had to work more slowly.
With the help of rumors and gossip Jordan supported the value of the shares and earned millions. At the same time, its name has not appeared anywhere. Customers regularly lost money, but Belforte did not recognize the guilt. Trainings that the manager did, motivated to quickly lend a state, and constantly rivalry held brokers in Tonus. The company attracted thousands of candidates who thought Belfort makes money from emptiness.
In 1993, an entrepreneur began to think about the protection of his condition. Every year it was replenished by more than $ 50 million. Jordan went to Switzerland to conclude a deal with Union Bancaire Privee. As a submarine person chosen a my wife's aunt.
The businessman himself thoroughly thought out how to use accounts and continue to increase income with the help of invested funds. In the same year, Jordan bought 85% of STEVE MADDEN SHOES shares. Financial frauds and here helped him earn $ 30 million.
Imprisonment
By this time, the activities of financial genius were already interested in the FBI. Agents knew about laundering money through banks in Switzerland and copied evidence. In 1994, Belforte left Stratton-Oakmont and began working on Steve Madden Shoes. Thanks to him, the company opened 18 stores, significantly increased profits, but the former brainchild of Belforte began to take positions. The pressure of government agencies turned out to be Veliko, and by the 1996 Stratton-Oakmont closed.
In 1998, the former broker was delayed by the FBI agents. He was charged money laundering and fraud. None of the witnesses gave testimony against the boss, so the investigation has stretched long. Belforte threatened 30 years of imprisonment, but he was separated by a deposit of $ 10 million.
Manipulating the love of Belfort to the family, the FBI managed to put out a number of evidence of fraud. He was put in prison for 22 months. The court ordered the entrepreneur to pay $ 110 million to persons affected by his activities, but he led to fraud and compensation that he almost led to prison for the second time.
In 2013, the active debate in court went on how large sums would be reimbursed. Lawyers insisted on the development of a new model of compensation. The news about how the case ended was not disclosed.
Books and lectures
In prison, Jordan Belforte met the actor named Tom Chong. He advised the friend to write memoirs about work and personal life. So the light saw 2 books: "Wolf with Wall Street" and "Wolf Hunt with Wall Street". When Martin Scorsese announced the filming of film polls on the memoirs of Belfort, he participated in the choice of actors and made a bet on Leonardo Di Caprio.The works of Belfort were so popular that he began to conduct seminars and lectures on them. Broker organized consulting courses and trainings for sales professionals. Among the representatives of his audience was the head of Virgin Richard Branson.
Personal life
The first wife of Jordan Belforte became Deniz Lombardo. The girl experienced difficult times of becoming with him and decided to terminate the marriage only at the moment when the hedonism was the main interest of the spouse. Businessman leaned in all serious. After breaking with his wife, some time among the beloved businessman was even the Russian star Julia Sukhanov.
In 1991, Jordan concluded a second marriage. Nadine Belfort, his wife, was an unsurpassed beauty and model. The family bathed in luxury, acquired an expensive yacht called in honor of Nadine, and a journey helicopter. In this marriage, two children appeared at the pair: daughter and son.
In the difficult moment of the court proceedings, which began in 1998, the spouse filed for a divorce, which was completed only in 2005. She immediately married his lawyer and moved with children to California.
Now the children of Belfort are already adults, Jordan settled in Los Angeles to see them more often. The financier himself in 2015 was engaged with his long-standing girlfriend Ann Kopp.
Jordan Belfort now
Former broker continues to ride the world, conducting lectures on his success story, telling interesting facts and features of sales scripts that helped him quickly earn large amounts. He often gives an interview. In 2019, his opinions were asked when analyzing the situation with Cryptovaya.
Today, Jordan Belfort is positioning himself as a coach. You can follow his weekdays and personal life thanks to the profile in "Instagram", where "Wolf with Wall Street" posts photos, video and storage.
For those who are interested in the most accurate information about the Hero of the United States Financial Market, even information about its growth (170 cm) and weight (68 kg) are available.