Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780553384772
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 0553384775
Label: Bantam
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: 2008-08-26
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date: 2008-08-26
Studio: Bantam

By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht, crashed a Gulfstream jet, and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids who waited for him at home, and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king and did his bidding, here, in his own inimitable words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called…

In the 1990s Jordan Belfort, former kingpin of the notorious investment firm Stratton Oakmont, became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper who led his merry mob on a wild ride out of the canyons of Wall Street and into a massive office on Long Island. Now, in this astounding and hilarious tell-all autobiography, Belfort narrates a story of greed, power, and excess no one could invent.
Reputedly the prototype for the film Boiler Room, Stratton Oakmont turned microcap investing into a wickedly lucrative game as Belfort’s hyped-up, coked-out brokers browbeat clients into stock buys that were guaranteed to earn obscene profits–for the house. But an insatiable appetite for debauchery, questionable tactics, and a fateful partnership with a breakout shoe designer named Steve Madden would land Belfort on both sides of the law and into a harrowing darkness all his own.

From the stormy relationship Belfort shared with his model-wife as they ran a madcap household that included two young children, a full-time staff of twenty-two, a pair of bodyguards, and hidden cameras everywhere—even as the SEC and FBI zeroed in on them—to the unbridled hedonism of his office life, here is the extraordinary story of an ordinary guy who went from hustling Italian ices at sixteen to making hundreds of millions. Until it all came crashing down…


From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Harsh but very entertaining
Comment: The book is written in a fairly direct and harsh narrative, which makes gives the book an even stronger impact! It is a very entertaining book, part educational, part informative but a huge part of humorous and fun descriptions!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: overrated garbage
Comment: I had been looking forward for so long to read this book. Most of it was self indulgent dribble. I wouldnt waste your time if you are looking for any insight into the business side of this. The private life was over cooked as well.

Note I checked the claims regarding his impact on the fortunes of an IPO. Unfortunately the official trading records from the day seem to tell the true story which shows the level of exaggeration.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing
Comment: Amazing story. Jordan Belfort represents all the excesses and geniality of people that work in Wall Street. He also was able to narrate his story in a very pleasant way. I loved it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: decent book, way over the top, but it's close to the truth
Comment: Fast read, exemplies the excesses and abuses of the past focusing on a famously successful bucket shop, straton oakmont.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: CRAZY
Comment: Extremely well written, excellent story. A true story is always better than fiction. LOVE IT

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