Well, that and the stockbroker’s ability to convince their clients to re-invest any earnings they have into a new stock, along with a bit more. Rothschild that Jordan’s boss, Mark Hanna as played by Matthew McConaughey, that Jordan learns the real secret to Wall Street: Cocaine and hookers. So it was at the age of 25 that a family friend helped him get back on his feet by finding a job for him as a trainee stockbroker at L.F. For a short while things were going well, but the business ended up forcing Jordan to file for bankruptcy at the age of 25. After dropping out of dentistry school when the dean of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry told him dentistry is the wrong place to make a lot of money, Jordan moved to Long Island where he started selling meat and seafood. Jordan was born in 1962 in New York City and, just like the movie says, both of his parents were accountants. This background is mostly true, with the exception of his age. According to the movie, Jordan didn’t grow up with wealth, but at the age of 22, Jordan got a job at the investment firm L.F. The fact that he has sex with hookers five or six times a week and does a ton of drugs.Īfter this rather stunning introduction that sets the pace of the film, we go back to learn about how Jordan broke into, well, the broker business. His wife, Naomi, played by Margot Robbie. We’re introduced to Leonardo DiCaprio’s version of Jordan as he explains a bit about his life: The Wolf of Wall Street tells the story of Wall Street broker Jordan Belfort, who is played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

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