Jordan Belfort

Jordan Belfort is a former stockbroker and motivational speaker, best known for his rise and fall in the finance world during the late 1980s and 1990s. He founded the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont, which engaged in fraudulent activities, including stock market manipulation and pump-and-dump schemes. Belfort's life and crimes inspired the book and film "The Wolf of Wall Street." After serving prison time for securities fraud and money laundering, he became a motivational speaker, sharing lessons about ethics and business. His story highlights the excesses of Wall Street and the consequences of unethical behavior in finance.