Jordan Belfort is an American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. He is best notable for his memoir The Wolf of Wall Street.
Jordan Belfort’s Early Life and Education
He was born on 9 July 1962, in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is the son of accountant parents Max Belfort and Leah Belfort. Jordan grew up Jewish. He holds American citizenship and his zodiac symbol is Cancer.
Likewise, he graduated from American University and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. He then went to dental school and enrolled at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and dropped out later.
Jordan Belfort’s Professional Life
Jordan Befort is an entrepreneur however, in 1999, he was found guilty of fraud and related crimes linked with stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as a component of a penny-stock scam. After serving 22 years, he gave testimony against several partners and subordinated in his scheme. After that, he wrote the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007. In 2013 was adapted into a movie with the same name.
Jordan Belfort’s Personal Life
Jordan is currently in a relationship with his long-term girlfriend Anne Kore. The pair also announced their engagement in 2015. However, the two have not tied the knots yet but are living an amazing life together. Prior to this relationship, Jordan has been married and divorced twice. He first took his vows with a woman named Denise Lombardo.
They were together from 1985 to 1991. However, at the time of their wedding they did not produce any children. After the divorce, he married another woman named Nadine Caridi. The two wedded in 1991. Nadine gave birth to two children a son Carter and a daughter Chandler. Likewise, their marriage also ended in 2005 after Nadine claimed domestic violence.
He then met Anne Kore and began dating. The two are very strong together and also are very much in love with one another. There are no signs of any related complications. Moreover, after two unsuccessful marriages, Jordan has not shared his private life with the media very well. He has kept his relationship very low-profile and likes to keep it that way. Nonetheless, he is very happy with his partner.
Jordan Belfort’s Net Worth
Jordan Belfort has a current net worth of negative $100 Million. After pleading guilty to fraud in the stock market, he spent 22 months in prison and the court ordered him to pay $100 Million back. When he was the CEO of Stratton Oakmont, he earned $80,000 from seminar fees and $30,000 from motivational speaking.
After the publication of his memoir The Wolf of Wall Street, he got $125,000 royalty as well as $940,500 for the movie rights.