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    Jordan Belfort, the former stockbroker and financial criminal, is one of the most famous names in finance, mostly thanks to his memoir, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and the award-winning film based on it. Belfort remains a wealthy individual these days, but he is not even close to being as wealthy as he was before he was arrested. In 2025, Jordan Belfort’s net worth is estimated at an impressive $100 million.<\/p>\n

    Belfort started modest but soon enough, he made a name for himself as one of the most notorious and controversial stockbrokers in history. He pleaded guilty to fraud (and related crimes) in 1999, but he seems to have turned his life around and he is now a popular public speaker (and best-selling author). He is also actively invested in the cryptocurrency world and often discusses the market and shares tips for investors.<\/p>\n

    In this article, we’ll tell you all about the original Wolf of Wall Street <\/em>and his net worth.<\/p>\n

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    Jordan Belfort | Source: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Breaking Down Jordan Belfort’s Net Worth in 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Estimating Jordan Belfort’s net worth is tricky these days, given his controversial past and reluctance to disclose his various investments. The Wolf of Wall Street endured various legal challenges and setbacks for most of his business endeavors. At the peak of his financial success, which was in the 1990s, Belfort’s net worth was estimated at nearly half a billion dollars. After all of the scandals and criminal charges, Belfort’s current net worth is significantly lower – but he is still a remarkably wealthy man. Below, you’ll find a net worth breakdown of his wealth and major assets.
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    Asset or Income Source<\/strong><\/th>\nContribution to Net Worth<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Live public speaking engagements<\/td>\n$200,000 per event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Virtual speaking engagements<\/td>\n$30,000 – $50,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Annual income from speaking engagements<\/td>\n$9 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Training programs<\/td>\n$80,000+ fee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Proceeds from The Wolf of Wall Street<\/em><\/td>\n$1.2 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Crypto holdings<\/td>\nUndisclosed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Stocks and cash reserves<\/td>\n~$47 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Total Net Worth<\/td>\n$100 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

    Jordan Belfort Net Worth: Childhood, Education, and Personal Life<\/h2>\n

    Jordan Belfort was born in a Jewish family on July 9, 1962, in the Bronx in New York City. His parents, Maxwell Belfort and Leah Markowitz, were both accountants.<\/p>\n

    Belfort proved his entrepreneurial talent at an early age. In his memoir, he wrote that he and his close childhood friend, Elliot Loewenstern, sold scooped Italian ice from styrofoam coolers and earned $20,000 before they started college.<\/p>\n

    Jordan Belfort spent most of his childhood in Bayside, Queens. Belfort attended American University to study biology. Following his graduation, he wanted to use the money he earned to pay for his education at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. But, on his first day, the dean of the dental school said<\/a>: “The golden age of dentistry is over. If you’re here simply because you’re looking to make a lot of money, you’re in the wrong place.” This prompted young Belfort to give up on his idea of becoming a dentist, so he decided not to attend the graduate program.<\/p>\n

    In 1985, Belfort married his first wife, Denise Lombardo. The couple divorced while Belfort was running Stratton Oakmont. He later married model Nadine Caridi and had two children with her. He divorced Caridi in 2005 following her claims of domestic violence, fueled by his problems with drug addiction.<\/p>\n

    In 2021, Belfort married Cristina Invernizzi, with whom he currently resides in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n

    While he was managing Stratton Oakmont, Belfort led quite a lavish lifestyle. He was the owner of a luxury yacht, Nadine, originally built for Coco Chanel in 1961. In 1996, his yacht sank off the east coast of Sardinia.<\/p>\n

    Jordan Belfort Net Worth: Seafood Salesman Turned Multimillionaire Stockbroker<\/h2>\n

    Jordan Belfort’s journey to becoming the Wolf of Wall Street was challenging and controversial at best. After college, he worked as a meat and seafood salesman before he founded Stratton Oakmont. Let’s see how his career progressed over time.<\/p>\n

    Early Gigs and Career<\/h3>\n

    Jordan Ross Belfort was a door-to-door meat and seafood salesman in Long Island for several years. In his memoirs, he mentions that he was very successful at doing this. He reportedly grew his small meat-selling business to employ several people and sold around 5,000 pounds of fish and beef every week.<\/p>\n

    Still, this business eventually failed, and when Belfort was 25 years old, he filed for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

    After the meat business’ downfall, Belfort started working as a trainee stockbroker at L.F. Rothschild. However, due to the Black Monday stock market crash in 1987, the firm had to let him go.<\/p>\n

    In 1989, Jordan Belfort founded Stratton Oakmont alongside Danny Porush. The firm was an over-the-counter brokerage house with Belfort as the CEO and his partner Porush as the President and Chairman. Stratton Oakmont was a franchise of Stratton Securities, but the partners later bought out the founder.<\/p>\n

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    Jordan Belfort and Danny Porush in 1994 | Source: NBR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    This is when Belfort’s reputation of playing dirty first showed its face. According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Stratton Oakmont was a boiler room that defrauded investors and marketed penny stocks and small IPOs using “pump and dump” stock sales. These practices made the founders excessively wealthy, and, during his years at Stratton, Belfort lived a very lavish lifestyle and used recreational drugs<\/a> such as methaqualone (better known as “ludes” or “lemons”) and quickly became addicted to them.<\/p>\n

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    Stratton Oakmont defrauded 1,500 investors of $200MM<\/p>\n

    Jordan Belfort gave this 'sales script' to his 1,378 employees: pic.twitter.com\/Xak3i3MHyH<\/a><\/p>\n

    — PitchDeckGuy (@BetterPitchGuy) November 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n