Jordan Belfort's Net Worth Is $115 Million? Jordan Belfort Jordan Belfort is a pretty infamous dude, huh? He was a stockbroker and motivational speaker who was convicted of fraud and money laundering. his firm Stratton Oakmont cost investors millions of dollars. Crazy, right? Early Life and Career Jordan Belfort Career Jordan Belfort had a knack for business from an early age. In The Wolf of Wall Street, his autobiography, Belfort talks about how he and his best buddy made a huge chunk of change in the summer when they were in high school and before college. They were selling Italian ice treats at the beach, and they managed to make a whopping $20,000! So, Belfort decided to use the money he had saved from his previous business to enroll in dental school while also taking some biology classes at American University. But then, on the first day at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, he heard from the principal that he wouldn't make any money as a dentist, so he left.