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In the 80’s and 90’s, the stock market was a place where ambition turned into greed. Here, there was only one rule: make money and spend money.
It was a world dictated by vice: fancy cars, expensive drugs, crazy parties, and lots of sex.
And one name stands out: Jordan Belfort.
We’ve all seen the movie and heard all the legends. But there’s more to the real-life Wolf of Wall Street than a couple of books and a movie. And we’ll tell you all about it, in this episode of Forensics.
A wolf is born
Jordan Belfort was born in Queens, New York, and he got into selling stuff from a young age. In his book, he tells how he and one of his childhood friends sold Italian Ice from Styrofoam coolers, managing to rake up to $20 000.
He planned to use his money to enroll in the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, where he lasted…one day. The reason: the dean told him dentistry wasn’t a career to make money. And money was all Belfort wanted.
So, he ventured into selling meat and claims to have sold 5000 pounds of meat in a week. This business, however, went bust, and at age 25, he had to declare…
