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Jordan Belfort had a natural talent as a salesman at an early age, operating a meat and seafood business in the s. After that company went bust, Belfort began selling stocks in He was running his own investment operation, Stratton Oakmont, by The company made millions illegally, defrauding its investors. The Securities Exchange Commission began efforts to stop the company's errant ways in In , Belfort pleaded guilty to securities fraud and money laundering.

He was sentenced in to four years in prison but only served 22 months. Belfort published his first memoir, The Wolf of Wall Street , in The following year, he released Catching the Wolf of Wall Street. Born on July 9, , in Queens, New York, Jordan Ross Belfort became infamous for his role in swindling millions of dollars from investors in the s through his investment firm, Stratton Oakmont.

The son of an accountant, Belfort grew up in a modest apartment in Queens. A natural salesman, he eventually launched a business selling meat and seafood, but the company soon went belly up. In , Belfort put his sales skills to use in a different arena. He started working for a brokerage firm, learning in the ins and outs of being a stockbroker.

Two years later, Belfort was operating his own trading company, Stratton Oakmont.