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Jordan Belfort

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Jordan Ross Belfort (; born July 9, 1962) is an American former stockbroker, financial criminal, and businessman who pleaded guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as part of a penny-stock scam in 1999. Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which, becoming an informant for the FBI and wearing a wire, he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme. He published the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007, which was adapted into Martin Scorsese's film of the same name released in 2013, in which he was played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jordan Belfort is the 68th most popular extremist (up from 74th in 2019), the 1,693rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,557th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Extremist.

Jordan Belfort is most famous for being a wealthy stockbroker in the 1980s who defrauded investors of $200 million.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Jordan Belfort ranks 68 out of 283. Before him are Fritz Haarmann, Tommaso Buscetta, Henri Désiré Landru, Aileen Wuornos, Rodney Alcala, and Marvin Heemeyer. After him are Marc Dutroux, Boris Savinkov, Carlo Gambino, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Sada Abe, and Johnny Torrio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jordan Belfort ranks 38. Before him are Carles Puigdemont, Michelle Yeoh, Alexander Litvinenko, Clyde Drexler, Viktor Tsoi, and Jeff Bennett. After him are Christiane F., Suzy Amis Cameron, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Steve Carell, Stephen Chow, and Milo Đukanović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jordan Belfort ranks 1,693 out of 20,380. Before him are Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Larry King (1933), Liz Cheney (1966), Chyna (1969), Sam Walton (1918), and Kathleen Turner (1954). After him are Michael Connelly (1956), Robert Anderson (1805), J. Christopher Stevens (1960), Christina Onassis (1950), K. C. Jones (1932), and Richard Thaler (1945).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Jordan Belfort ranks 28. Before him are Gary Gilmore (1940), Dennis Rader (1945), Edmund Kemper (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Rodney Alcala (1943), and Marvin Heemeyer (1951). After him are Axeman of New Orleans (null), George Jung (1942), Barry Seal (1939), Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), Susan Atkins (1948), and John List (1925).

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