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What is Jordan Belfort’s Net Worth and Salary?
Jordan Belfort, famously known as the “Wolf of Wall Street”, has an estimated net worth of $-100 million as of 2021. Despite earning millions in the 1990s through his fraudulent stock sales, Belfort’s extravagant lifestyle and numerous legal charges have left him bankrupt and without substantial assets. He now earns income through public speaking engagements and book royalties.
Early Life and Education
Jordan Belfort was born on July 9, 1962, in Queens, New York. His parents divorced when he was young, and he was raised in a middle-class household in Long Island. Belfort showed an early interest in business and entrepreneurship, selling Italian ice on the beach as a teenager to make extra money.
He attended American University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a degree in biology. However, he began pursuing a career in sales immediately after graduation, working for various financial firms and eventually starting his own brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont.