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/articles/2013-11-07/jordan-belfort-the-real-wolf-of-wall-street Jordan Belfort, the Real Wolf of Wall Street By Sheelah Kolhatkar November 07, 20 13 Jordan Belfort, aka the Wolf of Wall Street, hates it when people describe him as a criminal. “‘Convicted stock swindler’—it’s like it hurts my heart,” he says, practically shuddering. “I know it was true, but it’s not who I am. I say to my son, I say it to everybody who I try to mentor: We are not the mistakes of our past. We’re the resources and capabilities that we glean from our past. And it’s so true.” It’s a delicate argument for Belfort to make. He will forever be associated with Stratton Oakmont, the Long Island “I was a bad guy. And it penny-stock boiler room he ran in the wasn’t like I started that 1990s. Stratton employed more than 1,000 brokers at its peak, before the way. You can get Securities and Exchange Commission desensitized to your shut down the company and the FBI arrested Belfort, in 1998. Convicted of ow n actions—it’s easy money laundering and securities fraud on Wall Street” in 2003, he received a four-year prison sentence—he served only 22 months— and was ordered to repay $110.4 million to a victim compensation fund. Other terms for the kind of outfit he built and ran are “pump and dump” and “chop-shop.” The words “fraud” and “crook” come up frequently as well. “It chokes me up a little when I think about it. … I was a bad guy. And it wasn’t like I started that way,” he says, his voice becoming tight. “You can get desensitized to your own actions—it’s easy on Wall Street. Before you know it, it’s like everyone’s j ust a number.” He goes on: “I shouldn’t really care what people think of me. … I know I’m good. But of course I do care.” Belfort, 51, is in Fort Worth for two days in October speaking to the Yo