Jordan Belfort is an American author, motivational speaker, and former stockbroker. He published the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007, which was adapted into a film with the same name and released in 2013. During his years at Stratton, Belfort developed a lifestyle that consisted of lavish parties and intensive recreational use of drugs, especially methaqualone—sold to him under the brand name "Quaalude"—that resulted in an addiction. Stratton Oakmont at one point employed over 1,000 stock brokers and was involved in stock issues totaling more than US$1 billion, including being behind the initial public offering for footwear company Steve Madden Ltd. Belfort wrote the two memoirs The Wolf of Wall Street and Catching the Wolf of Wall Street which have been published in approximately 40 countries and translated into 18 languages. A movie based on his books opened in 2013 starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort, Jonah Hill, and Margot Robbie; the film was written by Terence Winter and directed by Martin Scorsese. -CREDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Belfort-Learn more about Jordan Belfort: https://jordanbelfort.com/-Follow Jordan Belfort on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wolfofwallst/?hl=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices