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How Jordan Belfort's 37m superyacht Nadine sank off the coast of Sardinia

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Coco Chanel was famously outspoken on many things, but yachting, in particular, attracted her ire. “As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom,” she was once quoted as saying.

Her solution was to buy her own yacht. A 37m with a steel hull, built by the Dutch yard Witsen & Vis of Alkmaar. The yacht passed through many hands, finally ending up belonging to the Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, on whose watch she foundered and sank in 1996.

The yacht was originally built for a Frenchman under the name Mathilde , but he backed out and she caught Chanel’s eye instead. With a narrow beam, a high bow and the long, low superstructure typical of Dutch yachts of her era, she was certainly a beautiful boat. But she was also well equipped, with five staterooms in dark teak panelling, magnificent dining facilities, room for big tenders and, later, a helipad. A frequent sight along the Florida coast, she caught the eye of a young skipper called Mark Elliott.

“In those days, she was the biggest yacht on the East Coast,” he remembers. “Nobody had ever seen anything like it. I needed a wrench once and went up to the boat - Captain Norm Dahl was really friendly.” He didn’t know it then, but Elliott was destined to become the skipper of the boat himself and was at the helm when the storm of the century took her to the bottom off Sardinia.

Coco Chanel died in 1971 and sometime thereafter the yacht was renamed Jan Pamela under the new ownership of Melvin Lane Powers. He was a flamboyant Houston real estate developer, fond of crocodile skin cowboy boots and acquitted of murder in a trial that gripped the nation.

Powers sent Jan Pamela to Merrill Stevens yard in Miami, where a mammoth seven-metre section was added amidships. “We made templates for the boat where we were going to cut her in half, then she went out for another charter season,” remembers Whit Kirtland, son of the yard owner. “When the boat came back in, we cut it just forward of the engine room, rolled the two sections apart and welded it in.”

He remembers how the sun’s heat made the bare and painted metal expand at different rates. “You had to weld during certain time periods – early in the morning or late at night,” says Kirtland.

The result of the extension was a huge new seven-metre full-beam master stateroom, an extra salon and one further cabin – pushing the charter capacity to seven staterooms. During this refit, the boat’s colour was also changed from white to taupe. “No one had really done it before and it was gorgeous,” says Elliott. By 1983, Powers was bankrupt and the yacht was sold on again. She next shows up named Edgewater .

Elliott’s chance came in 1989. He was working for the established yacht owner Bernie Little, who ran a hugely profitable distribution business for Bud brewer Anheuser-Busch. “Bernie Little had always wanted to own the boat,” Elliott says. “He loved it. He bought it sight unseen – and I started a huge restoration programme, including another extension to put three metres in the cockpit.”

It was a massive task, undertaken at Miami Ship. “We pulled out all the windows, re-chromed everything, repainted – brought it back to life,” says Elliott. They also cut out old twin diesels from GM and replaced them with bigger CAT engines, doubling her horsepower to 800. “Repowered, she could cruise at up to 20 knots. She was long and skinny, like a destroyer.”

A smart hydraulic feature was also brought to life for the first time. Under two of the sofas in the main stateroom were hidden 3.6m x 1.2m glass panels giving a view of the sea under the boat. At the push of a button, the sofas lifted up and mirrors above allowed you to gaze at the seabed – from the actual bed.

Now called Big Eagle , like all of Little’s boats, she was a charter hit and her top client was a certain New York financier named Jordan Belfort. He fell in love with her and begged Little to sell to him. But he needed to secure financing, and in 1995, Little agreed to hold a note on the boat for a year if Mark Elliott stayed on as skipper.

With the boat rechristened Nadine after his wife, Belfort set about another round of refit work, restyling the interior with vintage deco and lots of mirrors, extending the upper deck this time, and fitting a crane capable of raising and stowing the Turbine Seawind seaplane.

Nadine also carried a helicopter, a 10m Intrepid tender, two 6m dinghies on the bow, four motorbikes, six jetskis, state-of-the-art dive gear. “You pretty much needed an air traffic controller when all these things were in the water,” says Elliott.

Belfort’s partying was legendary and Elliott clearly saw eye-watering things on board, but as far as he was concerned, he was there to safeguard the boat. “When Jordan Belfort became the owner, he could do whatever he wanted. I was there to protect the note,” says Elliott. “He is a brilliant mind and a lovely person. It was just when he was in his party mode, he was out of control.”

Nadine and her huge cohort of toys and vehicles plied all the usual yachting haunts on both sides of the Atlantic. But Belfort’s love story was to be short-lived. Disaster struck with the boss and guests on board during an 85-mile crossing between Civitavecchia in Italy and Calle de Volpe on Sardinia.

What was forecast to be a 20-knot blow and moderate seas degenerated into a violent 70-knot storm with crests towering above 10.6m, according to Elliott. Wave after wave pounded the superstructure, stoving in hatches and windows so that water poured below and made the boat sluggish. By a miracle the engine room remained dry and they could maintain steerage way, motoring slowly through the black of the night as rescue attempt after rescue attempt was called off.

Nadine eventually sank at dawn in over 1000m of water just 20 miles from the coast of Sardinia. Everyone had been taken off by helicopter, and there was no loss of life. Captain Mark Elliott was roundly congratulated for his handling of the incident. “The insurance paid immediately because it was the storm of the century,” he says. “I took the whole crew but one with me to [Little’s next boat] Star Ship . That was my way to come back.”

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Jordan Belfort Yacht: The True Story and The Wolf of Wall Street Version

The true Jordan Belfort yacht story is as strange and unbelievable as the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street depicts it to be. There are several insider stories behind the sinking of the mighty yacht that are not widely known but are quite interesting and different from the reel version in several ways.

What happened to the Jordan Belfort yacht Nadine?

As the movie, The Wolf of Wall Street shows, the superyacht Nadine sank close to the coast of Sardinia in 1997 while battling what many calls “the storm of the century”. Jordan Belfort narrates the event in detail in the memoir describing his life in the 90s, which is what the Martin Scorsese movie is about.

Before getting into the details of the sinking, it is worth noting that the 37m yacht had a long and interesting history. She carried renowned celebrities like Coco Chanel before reaching Jordan Belfort (played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie) and was one of the largest yachts in the East Coast’s waters.

While the yacht was initially manufactured for a French native and given the name Matilda, he backed out of the deal. This led Coco Chanel to buy the beautiful yacht with the low superstructure that Dutch yachts are famous for.

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The yacht took on different names as it passed through famous hands, even those of the murder trial acquitted Melvin Lane Powers. Belfort named the yacht after his wife and renovated it with the capacity to carry a helicopter, 6 Jetskis, 4 motorbikes, and much more. Under Belfort’s ownership, the yacht witnessed a series of wild parties that were like unlimited glamour and fun in a package until disaster struck unexpectedly.

Did the yacht scene in The Wolf of Wall Street actually happen?

The Jordan Belfort yacht sinking scene in The Wolf of Wall Street was heavily inspired by a real-life event, though the movie did take some creative liberties. For one, the yacht was called Naomi in the reel version since the name of Belfort’s wife (played by Margot Robbie ) was changed in the movie. In reality, the yacht was named Nadine.

The movie further depicts Belfort’s helicopter getting thrown off the yacht by strong waves. In reality, the yacht’s crew went up to the deck and pushed off the helicopter so that Italian navy seals would have a space to land. The yacht’s itinerary was altered a bit by the movie’s director Martin Scorsese to add to the drama, though the power of the storm was scarily accurate.

Belfort admitted that the yacht’s captain Mark Elliot explicitly warned them not to sail to Sardinia on that fateful night. But according to the movie, there was a business opportunity in the city that Belfort could not bear to miss out on despite his wife’s protests.

Some sources claim that in reality, the passengers were simply eager to hit the golf course at Sardinia the next morning. They refused to pay heed to the captain’s warning and asked him to go through the storm, which eventually led to the famous Jordan Belfort yacht sinking incident. Therefore, unfortunately, if someone wants to have a yacht rental in Dubai or any other destination, they have missed their chance with this yacht.

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Interesting insights on the sinking as portrayed in the movie

The movie captures the fear and stress that each passenger felt when the yacht got caught up in the 70-knot storm. There is some hilarity when Belfort starts yelling for his drugs to avoid the horror of dying sober.

Several rescue attempts were made, but due to rising risks, each of them was called off. By some twist of luck, the yacht’s engine room remained mostly undamaged for a while, because of which they were able to make their way through the sea.

In the end, everyone survived the incident without any major injuries. At dawn, the Nadine made its way 1000m under the water only 20 miles away from Sardinia’s coast. Now, the movie’s audience gets to watch the Jordan Belfort yacht story unfold on the screen with a pinch of humor.

The Nadine’s captain Mark Elliot’s heroic actions did not go unnoticed. He was praised for leading all the passengers to safety, though he was able to get out of the yacht only 10 minutes before it sank. The captain also admitted that the insurance was granted immediately considering the ferocity of the storm. As for the yacht, many still wonder about the highly expensive equipment that had to be thrown into the water and is probably rusting away at the bottom of the sea.

The best features of the Jordan Belfort yacht Nadine

The 167 ft Nadine, as its former passengers claim, was a beautiful yacht. When owned by Coco Chanel under the name Matilda, the yacht had five staterooms, large dining areas, and a helipad. The interiors were furnished with dark teak paneling. Each new owner customized the yacht’s name and interiors based on their tastes.

Belfort decorated the Nadine lavishly with a variety of mirrors and set a vintage deco theme. He renovated the upper deck to fit a crane that was able to stow his Turbine Seawind seaplane. The yacht carried the best dive gear available in the market plus a variety of Belfort’s ‘toys’ such as his motorbikes and jetskis.

Which model was portrayed as the Jordan Belfort yacht Nadine in the movie?

Martin Scorsese got the yacht Lady M to represent Nadine onscreen. While Nadine actually had a luxuriously vintage charm to it, Lady M is a modern vessel with contemporary features. Lady M was manufactured in 2022 by Intermarine Savannah, while Nadine was built in 1961 by Witsen & Wis. The 147 ft Lady M is currently worth $12 million and is similar to Benetti yachts in its glamorous design.

Jordan Belfort’s life today

The entrepreneur and speaker Jordan Belfort’s shenanigans are well-known thanks to his detailed memoir and the hit movie based on some parts of his life. He spent 2 years in prison and now, at 59 years of age, has a practically negative net worth. Yet, his extraordinary motivational speaking skills continue to attract and inspire people even today.

It is easy for anyone watching the movie to wonder if many of the incidents are exaggerated. But considering Belfort’s eccentric life, even the Nadine sinking incident remains another regular anecdote shared in the movie.

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W hen he was the multimillionaire investor known as the Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort owned a 167ft yacht named Nadine that sank off the coast of Sardinia after an ill-advised voyage in a freak storm. Belfort didn’t need to make that trip. The yacht’s captain had said they shouldn’t. His wife at the time, Nadine, after whom the yacht was renamed — it was originally built for Coco Chanel — said they shouldn’t, but Belfort was “stoned out of his mind” on the sedative Quaalude and experiencing “a frantic need for movement”. He insisted they sail. “Don’t forget I was on a lot of cocaine too,” he says today. “But yeah, my decision-making was definitely off.”

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The true story of Wolf Of Wall Street’s yacht ‘Nadine’

Jordan Belfort’s antics are so legendary that sinking a multi-million dollar yacht is just another act of depravity that Martin Scorsese manages to weave among The The wolf of Wall Street grotesque film adaptation. Those who know the wolf of Wall Street book will have read Belfort’s account about it in more detail, but the backstory of the superyacht Nadine is a lesser-known tale with unexpected twists.

Despite Jordan’s notoriety for unbridled bacchanalia, Nadine was sunk by natural forces far greater than even the fiercest drinking bout he could muster. In the middle of a pedestrianized Mediterranean cruise, a storm unexpectedly turned into a raging storm with high winds and huge swells to send the pride and joy of the wolf into Davey Jones’ locker.

In fact, this type of storm is so specific that it has its own name. The mistrals get their name from the winds that blow from the French Alps into the Mediterranean. This convection cycle is caused by warm air rising from African deserts and colder air from the Alps rushing through the void for sustained round trips of 12 to 40 hours. Nothing like a strong relentless wind to generate a dangerous swell. And the kicker? Mistrals are difficult to predict.

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En route from Riva de Travino to the island of Sardinia, off the west coast of Italy, what should have been a routine race (which usually takes around 7 hours) ended in the fiasco that International Yachts described as ‘Mayday in the Med.’

“When we set off,†said Captain Mark Elliot, “the forecast told us to expect wind and choppy but small seas. Knowing that this wouldn’t be an ideal crossing, the captain asked if the guests wanted to delay until the next morning. The answer was a definite ‘no’ as they were all eager to head to Sardinia for a round of golf the next morning. So, they cast off and set sail for another corner of paradise.

Hours later, the guests were enjoying the sunny afternoon weather of another dream day in the Mediterranean… when a rogue wave reached the bow and wheelhouse, inundating a hostess from head to toe. Immediately after this warning sign made contact, a transmission was received via radio warning of unexpected gale force winds in the area. The mistral had announced. The swell heights doubled, the winds intensified, and the shit became real.

However, before Belfort throws next-level parties aboard his elegant ship and charters it across the Mediterranean to Sardinia on that fateful day, Nadine had already lived many lives. In truth, the luxury yacht seen in The Wolf of Wall Street movie bears no resemblance to the period ship owned by Jordan Belfort. Scorsese hired a yacht called Lady M for these stages, which was originally built by Intermarine Savannah in 2002.

On the other hand, the real one Nadine (Where Mathilde as it was originally called), was built in 1961 and delivered by the Dutch shipyard Witsen & Vis for none other than fashion mogul Coco Chanel. At the time, Mathilde had five dark teak cabins, exceptional dining rooms and a helipad.

“At that time, it was the largest yacht on the East Coast,†recalls Captain Mark Elliot. “No one had ever seen anything like it.”

After Coco’s death in 1971 the yacht was renamed Jan Pamela by its new owner, Melvin Lane Powers. While not as decorated as his predecessor, Powers was a notorious and ostentatious Houston real estate developer known for wearing crocodile skin boots and driving a golden Cadillac after being acquitted of the murder of her lover’s husband. The New York Times described his 1966 trial as “one of the most spectacular homicide trials of all time.”

Powers ordered a huge refit and extension of the ship, but in 1983 it hit rock bottom and Jan Pamela was sold before being renamed Waterside . In 1989, it was Bernie Little’s luck, and he bought her sight without seeing her. She then underwent another refit, before becoming Great eagle under the command of Mark Elliot once again. In this form, she caught the attention of Jordan Belfort, who took possession of it in 1995. Of course, he had to undertake his own additions and renovations, before renaming the ship after his second wife, Nadine .

However, the reincarnation of this historic yacht as Nadine was to be short lived. After 35 years of leisure, sailing on the most beautiful coasts and welcoming the great names of the time, Mother Nature would have the last word.

Back in the Mediterranean, hours later, roaring gusts ripped the $ 100,000 tender from its tow lines. Captain Mark Elliot calls to abandon yacht, as turning point Nadine against the crashing waves would have courted disaster. Abandoning the course to try to outrun the mistral was out of the question for the same reasons. They are there now – every captain’s nightmare – with seventy knot winds and 35 foot ridges to negotiate.

Then, Nadine’s The moment of “perfect storm” pointed its formidable head. The huge wave crashes all over the ship, tearing off the hatches and deck fittings, triggering a death knell that can only end with a day of disaster. The remaining supply crashes into the dining room window, causing it to collapse wave after wave flooding the living room.

“I knew at that time that Nadine had received a fatal blow. Once I assessed the damage, I walked over to the deck and used the satellite phone to contact the Italian Coast Guard known as “Gruppo Marine Italian,†says Captain Elliot.

First aid stations. Guests are gathered in a secure central location and escorted one by one to their cabins to collect passports and any valuables that can fit in a small bag.

Half an hour later, a rescue helicopter attempts to bring down a diver to pick up guests. However, the gusts of wind turned out to be too violent, and after almost losing the said diver, the helicopter aborted. Imagine the heartbreaking feeling of those on board Nadine , as the Coast Guard abandon ship, defeated by the rampaging elements, and return to the safety of the coast as the sun sets below the horizon and night sets in.

Hurricane-force winds, severe flooding and a 15-meter-high sea are now pounding Italy’s shores in what will be known as the storm of the century. The situation is so tumultuous that when a large merchant ship attempts another rescue attempt a few hours later, it almost crashes in Nadine , before setting off again and again, abandoning the crew and the frenzied guests.

The liferafts are deployed as a precaution… until the roaring wind also tears them from the sea, leaving the crew completely stranded on board.

Below deck, the flooded kitchen has become an electrified death trap, and the chef and engineer receive jolts from the current before pulling the ass out of there to the (relative) safety above. It should be noted that this is probably around the time when a deranged and drenched Leo shouts at Jonah Hill with the unforgettable line: “Get the ludes downstairs!” I will not die sober! To have. The. Whore. Ludes! ”

Times of crisis. With no options left, Captain Elliot calls to throw the helicopter off the bridge to free up space for another rescue attempt. He unhooks the tie-downs and rolls the ship twenty degrees, throwing the expensive equipment overboard and into the Mediterranean, where its rusty skeleton undoubtedly lies to this day.

At around 5 a.m., the Coast Guard returned and began to hoist the guests, then the crew to safety in the reassuring light of dawn. The weather calmed down as the winds and waves calmed down, but the damage was done. The last to leave the ship he commanded for so many years, Mark Elliot takes stock of the wreck before finally accepting his loss, closing the engine room controls and seizing the buoy rescue package handed to him by the coast guard.

Nadine is swallowed up by the sea, just ten minutes after Captain Elliot left his decks.

While all the guests and the crew of 11 survive, the prestigious motor yacht and its collection of toys (including eight jet skis, four motorcycles, snorkeling gear, a helicopter and a seaplane) sink into the deep end. at the bottom of the Mediterranean, over 1000 m deep. the water.

“The insurance paid off immediately because it was the storm of the century,†said Captain Elliot.

Back on dry land, Mark Elliot was hailed as a hero after showing courage and leadership in such a dire situation. He was then offered command of Bernie Little’s famous yacht Vessel , and today works as a broker in Miami as one of the most experienced and capable men in the business.

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Jordan Belfort Yacht: The True Story and The Wolf of Wall Street Version

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The true Jordan Belfort yacht story is as strange and unbelievable as the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street depicts it to be. There are several insider stories behind the sinking of the mighty yacht that are not widely known but are quite interesting and different from the reel version in several ways.

Nadine yacht model

What happened to the Jordan Belfort yacht Nadine? As the movie, The Wolf of Wall Street shows, the superyacht Nadine sank close to the coast of Sardinia in 1997 while battling what many calls “the storm of the century”. Jordan Belfort narrates the event in detail in the memoir describing his life in the 90s, which is what the Martin Scorsese movie is about.

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Did the yacht scene in The Wolf of Wall Street actually happen? The Jordan Belfort yacht sinking scene in The Wolf of Wall Street was heavily inspired by a real-life event, though the movie did take some creative liberties. For one, the yacht was called Naomi in the reel version since the name of Belfort’s wife (played by Margot Robbie) was changed in the movie. In reality, the yacht was named Nadine.

Interesting insights on the sinking as portrayed in the movie

The movie captured each passenger’s fear and stress when the yacht got caught up in the 70-knot storm. There is some hilarity when Belfort starts yelling for his drugs to avoid the horror of dying sober. Several rescue attempts were made, but each was called off due to rising risks. By some twist of luck, the yacht’s engine room remained undamaged primarily for a while, because of which they were able to make their way through the sea.

The best features of the Jordan Belfort yacht Nadine

The 167 ft Nadine, as its former passengers claim, was beautiful. When owned by Coco Chanel under the name Matilda, the yacht had five staterooms, large dining areas, and a helipad. The interiors were furnished with dark teak paneling. Each new owner customized the yacht’s name and interiors based on their tastes.

Which model was portrayed as the Jordan Belfort yacht Nadine in the movie?

Martin Scorsese got the yacht Lady M to represent Nadine onscreen. While Nadine had a luxuriously vintage charm, Lady M is a modern vessel with contemporary features. Lady M was manufactured in 2022 by Intermarine Savannah, while Nadine was built in 1961 by Witsen & Wis. The 147 ft Lady M is currently worth $12 million and is similar to Benetti yachts in its glamorous design.

Jordan Belfort’s life today

The entrepreneur and speaker Jordan Belfort’s shenanigans are well-known thanks to his detailed memoir and the hit movie based on some parts of his life. He spent 2 years in prison and now has practically negative net worth at 59 years of age. Yet, his extraordinary motivational speaking skills continue to attract and inspire people even today. It is easy for anyone watching the movie to wonder if many of the incidents are exaggerated. But considering Belfort’s eccentric life, even the Nadine sinking incident remains another regular anecdote shared in the movie.

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While the real Jordan Belfort has said he won’t be making any money off the film adaptation of his memoir “ The Wolf Of Wall Street ,” one can only imagine that the man who makes his current living as a motivational speaker, will earn a boost in folks curious to hear what he has to say following the movie. And with the stories he’s accumulated from his hedonistic days in the financial game, it’s no wonder that Belfort is an engaging raconteur, and this 13-minute video from a few years back proves it.

One of the wildest sequences in a film already filled with unbelievable, outrageous acts, is Belfort’s European yacht trip which starts in sun dappled Italy and soon finds drugs, disaster and near death looming for everyone involved. It’s one of the moments in “The Wolf Of Wall Street” where you wonder if it really happened, but to hear Belfort himself tell the tale, it’s so outlandish it just has to be true. In a conversation with The Room Live  (via Reddit ) Belfort shares the entire story from beginning to end, even detouring slightly to explain the phases of being high on quaaludes. Yes, really.

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Meanwhile, back in November we had the chance to talk with the film’s screenwriter,  Terence Winter , who revealed that the “ Goodfellas ” template is one that ‘Wolf’ didn’t veer too far from. “It is very much [in that vein],” he explained. “It’s sort of written in the same style, voice-overs, it’s a very fast movie, it’s really a wild roller coaster ride.” And now with film in theaters, director Martin Scorsese elaborated and defended his choice of approach.

“If you’re gonna use a voiceover to tell people what’s missing, that’s cheating in a way, right? But if you use it for other reasons—if you use it for commenting [as in Wolf], ‘Brad died at the same age as Mozart. I don’t know why that came to mind. It doesn’t matter.’—I mean, that’s interesting. It’s about character. It’s about speaking. It takes you into the story,” he told THR . 

“I guess it’s a way of exposition. That’s kinda the key, in a way. Look, I’ve done it, you know? We’ve done it at times. And sometimes, by the way, you can do the exposition and just get away with it; it’s extraordinary just being able to do it, flat, straight out, move on, because there are more important things than specific exposition. And then there are some kinds of exposition that you get stuck in…” he continued. “So maybe it’s better to avoid it completely and just try to find other ways. But the voiceover work that I like is voiceover about character. He could be listing everything he owns and cares about, but it’s more about him—him or her, you know? It’s not about what an IPO is, for God’s sakes. [In Wolf the character of Belfort starts to explain what an IPO is and then acknowledges that the audience isn’t following what he’s saying.]”

All we know is that while Leonardo DiCaprio does a good job in channeling Belfort’s self-destructive energy, there’s no better narrator than the man himself, so check out his insane story below. 

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The yachting disaster is one of the most dramatic scenes in Martin Scorsese’s blockbuster The Wolf of Wall Street , and like many of the tales in the Leonardo DiCaprio flick, it’s based on a true story. In real life, predatory tycoon Jordan Belfort bought a yacht in 1993 called Big Eagle and renamed her Nadine , after his English-born second wife. The vessel had been built in 1961 by Witsen & Vis in Holland for fashion icon Coco Chanel, but had undergone many transformations by the time Belfort got his mitts on it. Originally 121 feet long, in the 1970s she was extended by nearly 15 feet, and in 1988 she was cut in half and had another 29-foot section grafted on, finally totaling 167 feet.

The luxury yacht used in Scorsese’s film actually bears little resemblance to the  Nadine , being a far more modern vessel. The director hired the 148-foot  Lady M , built by Intermarine Savannah in 2002 and refit in 2011, for filming. It features luxury accommodations for 10 guests, and a marble and granite interior with gold accents.

In Coco Chanel’s day the yacht was mainly used to cruise from Monaco to Deauville for the summer horse racing season. The real  Nadine  sank in 1997 during a storm off the east coast of Sardinia while crossing from Porto Cervo to Capri, much as the movie depicts. Belfort has said that his insistence on sailing in a storm caused the yacht to capsize. Luckily, everyone on board at the time was rescued by the Italian coast guard. 

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Everything The Wolf Of Wall Street Doesn't Tell You About The True Story

Martin Scorsese's film "The Wolf of Wall Street" is an over-the-top celebration of greed and excess, inspired by the memoir of the notorious stockbroker Jordan Belfort, who is played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the film. It tell of the rise of Jordan Belfort from a low-level assistant at L. F. Rothschild to a Long Island penny stock pusher, as well as Belfort's dramatic fall from filthy rich CEO of Stratton Oakmont to a stint in federal prison for stock fraud and money laundering.

Despite being ostensibly based on a true story, many question the veracity of the film because of how absolutely outlandishness of Belfort's claims, and how outrageous the antics at Stratton Oakmont are. Scorsese obviously recognized Belfort is an unreliable narrator with a penchant for exaggeration. In the film, Belfort breaks the fourth wall, addressing the camera and the audience directly. This was a strategic choice by the screenwriter and director. Screenwriter Terence Winter told Esquire , "Jordan is talking directly to you. You are being sold the Jordan Belfort story by Jordan Belfort, and he is a very unreliable narrator. That's very much by design."

Despite how unlikely this story is, most of what transpires in the film actually happened. Winter added, "I assumed he must've been embellishing. But then I did some research, and I talked to the FBI agent who arrested him, who had been tracking Jordan for ten years. And he told me, 'It's all true. Every single thing in his memoir, every insane coincidence and over-the-top perk, it all happened.'" 

That said, this film is Belfort's truth, not necessarily the definitive truth. Keep reading if you want to learn everything "The Wolf of Wall Street" doesn't tell you about the true story of Jordan Belfort's meteoric rise and fall.

Belfort's wives' names were changed for the film

Although their real-life counterparts are obvious, the names of Jordan Belfort's ex-wives were changed in the film, giving the filmmaker creative license with the characters. Belfort's first-wife in the film is Teresa Petrillo (Cristin Milioti), but her real-life counterpart is Denise Lombardo. Denise met Belfort in high school, and the childhood sweethearts married in 1985 after Denise graduated from college. Belfort founded Stratton Oakmont while married to Denise, and they divorced after she found out about his affair in 1991 (per The U.S. Sun ). After their divorce, Denise led a low-profile life, staying out of the public eye.

Belfort's second-wife in the film is Naomi Lapaglia (Margot Robbie). Naomi's real-life counterpart is Nadine Macaluso. Like Naomi, Nadine was a model and met Belfort at a party before they married in 1991. Nadine and Belfort had two children together and separated in 1998 as depicted in the film (per the U.S. Sun). Nadine got a Ph.D, becoming a marriage and family therapist. She lives in California with her second husband (per Daily Mail TV ).

Margot Robbie , who played Naomi in the film, met Nadine while preparing for her role. Robbie told IndieWire meeting Nadine helped her understand her character's motivations, saying, "I could do or say any horrible thing and know that my character's motivation was out of protection for her child. Whether or not the audience sees my side of events is another matter, but just to know my motivation can give me an authentic performance." She added how strong Nadine is, saying, "She's has to be, to have put up with Jordan and his shenanigans."

The original crew Belfort recruited from friends are composite characters

Although Belfort recruited the original crew for his Long Island brokerage firm from a group of friends; Alden "Sea Otter" Kupferberg (Henry Zebrowski), Robbie "Pinhead" Feinberg (Brian Sacca), Chester Ming (Kenneth Choi), and Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff (PJ Byrne) are composite characters with fictitious names. These characters are an amalgamation of numerous people who worked at Stratton Oakmont and do not represent actual people.

This didn't stop Andrew Greene, a board member of Stratton Oakmont, from filing a defamation suit against the film's production company. He was offended by the depiction of "Rugrat" in the film, saying the character damaged his reputation. He called the character a "criminal, drug user, degenerate, depraved and devoid of any morals or ethics" (per The Guardian ).

In 2018, Greene lost his suit . In 2020, an appellate court threw the suit out, stating that the filmmakers, by creating composite characters and fictitious names, "took appropriate steps to ensure that no one would be defamed by the Film," (per the Hollywood Reporter ). The filmmaker included the hijinks of the employees at Stratton Oakmont in the film to illustrate the raucous corporate culture of the brokerage firm, rather than defame former employees.

Donnie Azoff doesn't exist, his real-life counterpart is Danny Porush

Jonah Hill 's character Donnie Azoff in "The Wolf of Wall Street" doesn't exist. He is a composite character created to avoid defaming anyone while making the film. To anyone who is familiar with Jordan Belfort and Stratton Oakmont's story, it's obvious Danny Porush is Azoff's real-life counterpart. Porush disputes the veracity of both Belfort's memoir and the film, telling Mother Jones , "The book ... is a distant relative of the truth, and the film is a distant relative of the book." Porush admits to swallowing the goldfish, but under different circumstances than depicted in the film.

As reported by Mother Jones, Porush was Belfort's friend and business partner between 1988 and 1996. Like Belfort, he cooperated with authorities, ultimately serving 39 months in prison for his securities and financial crimes at Stratton Oakmont. Porush disputes the throwing of dwarves, insists there were never animals in Stratton Oakmont — other than the goldfish he ate — but admits to the wild parties and taking part in the depravity and excesses encouraged at the brokerage firm, saying "Stratton was like a fraternity."

Porush told Mother Jones, "My main complaint [regarding the memoir] besides his inaccuracy was his using my real name," something that was remedied when the filmmakers created the composite character of Donnie Azoff. Ultimately, Porush doesn't seem to hold a grudge despite his grievances with the inaccuracies saying, "Hey, it's Hollywood ... I know they want to make a movie that sells. And Jordan wrote whatever he could to make the book sell."

Danny Porush's wife introduced Jordan Belfort to her husband

In "The Wolf of Wall Street," Donnie Azoff (Danny Porush's fictional counterpart) approaches Belfort at a restaurant about what he does for a living, after seeing Belfort's Jaguar in the parking lot. In reality, Belfort met his future business partner, Danny Porush, through Danny's wife Nancy.

Porush and Nancy lived in the same building in Queens where Belfort lived with his first wife Denise, as Nancy told Doree Lewak with The New York Post in 2013 shortly before "The Wolf of Wall Street" came out. Nancy explained how she took the same bus into the city for work as Belfort, saying, "the commute to the city each day was hard because I became pregnant right away. There was a nice boy from our building on the same bus who always gave up his seat for me. His name was Jordan Belfort, and he worked in finance ... I pushed Danny to talk to Jordan ... After just one conversation, Danny came back and announced he was taking the Series 7 exam to get his stockbroker's license."

In the New York Post article, Nancy detailed how her husband changed once he began working with Belfort and making serious cash, saying, "Up until then, Danny never seemed to care about money ... I saw him morph from a nice wholesome guy into showy narcissist whom I hardly recognized anymore." After being arrested for securities fraud, Porush left Nancy for another woman. They are now divorced, and he lives in Florida with his second wife. We can't help wondering if Nancy ever regrets introducing her ex-husband to Belfort.

Belfort's destroyed yacht once belonged to Coco Chanel

Jordan Belfort bought a yacht and named it after his second wife. In the film, the boat is named Naomi after the character played by Margot Robbie, but in real life the boat was called the Nadine . True to the film, Belfort insisted his boat's captain take the yacht into choppy waters, where the boat happened upon powerful but unpredictable mistrals, leading to the Nadine sinking into the Mediterranean Sea in an event known as Mayday In The Med . Belfort, his guests and crew, were rescued by the Italian coast guard.

What the film doesn't tell you is that Belfort's yacht had an interesting past. Belfort's vintage yacht once belonged to none other than the famous French fashion designer Coco Chanel. Chanel is known for her outspoken nature and is associated with quite a few fiercely female quotes. Chanel is quoted as saying , "As soon as you set foot on a yacht, you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom." Rather than avoid luxury yachts all together, Chanel made the boss move of buying her own in 1961, naming her the Matilda (per Boss Hunting ).

As bizarre as this interlude of the film was, it actually happened, with one major difference. In an interview with The Room Live , Belfort explained how the group waiting to be rescued had to push the helicopter off of the boat to make room for a rescue team to lower down onto the yacht. In the film, the waves knock the helicopter off of the yacht. Belfort also explains that although his private jet also crashed, it was 10 days after the yacht sunk, not at the same time, as it was depicted in the film for dramatic effect.

Steve Madden spent time in prison for stock fraud

Although they don't talk about it in the movie, Steve Madden also went to prison for stock fraud and money laundering along with Jordan Belfort and Danny Porush. The New York Times reported in 2002 that Madden "was arrested in 2000 as a result of an investigation of a scheme to manipulate 23 initial public stock offerings underwritten by the companies Stratton Oakmont and Monroe Parker Securities ... It included the initial public stock offering of his own company in 1993."

True to the film, Danny Porush, Azoff's real-life counterpart, really was childhood friends with Steve Madden. Like Belfort and Porush, Madden loved debauchery and Quaaludes, so much so he didn't finish college because of how much he was partying. Although Madden wrote about his wild days in his memoir, his time partying with the Stratton Oakmont "fraternity" was not included in the film. Stratton Oakmont took Madden's company public, making him instantly rich ( per The New York Post ).

As reported by the New York Post, Madden wrote about this period of his life in his memoir "The Cobbler: How I Disrupted an Industry, Fell from Grace & Came Back Stronger Than Ever." In his book, Madden wrote, "Jordan was like no one else I have ever met before or since. He became one of the most influential people in my life ... I was pumping and dumping [stocks] right alongside them." Madden wound up serving 31 months for his financial crimes and his involvement with Stratton Oakmont's schemes. Unlike Porush and Belfort, Madden could continue working at his company after being released from prison.

Belfort was ordered to pay restitution to his victims

When Belfort was convicted of money laundering and stock fraud in 2003 for Stratton Oakmont's "pump and dump" schemes, he was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay over $110.4 million in restitution (per Crime Museum ). Belfort only served 22 months for his crimes and a judge ordered him to pay half of his income once he was released from prison.

In 2013, just after the film was released, CNN reported Belfort had only contributed a little over $11 million to the fund for victims, much obtained from confiscated possessions. At the time the film came out, Belfort allegedly stated he would hand over all of his royalties from the film and the book. But in 2018, Fortune Magazine reported government officials claimed Belfort still owed $97 million, meaning that over the previous 5 years, Belfort only contributed an additional $2 million dollars to the victims' fund. $2 million dollars is more than most of us will ever see, but Belfort is still making good money as a motivational speaker.

As reported by Fortune Magazine, there is a disagreement between Belfort's attorneys and prosecutors over what income can be garnished for restitution. Belfort reportedly earned around $9 million dollars between 2013 and 2015, but neglected to pay half of those earnings to the victims' fund. Although Belfort claims he will feel better after he has paid the money back, he doesn't seem to be fulfilling his end of the court order. Belfort obviously still enjoys a life of luxury and it is hard to reconcile his claims of being reformed with his reluctance to pay the restitution to his victims. In her New York Post article Nancy Porush reminded us, "Greed is not good — it's ugly."

Tommy Chong was Belfort's cellmate in prison

"The Wolf of Wall Street" ends with Jordan Belfort in a cushy white-collar prison with tennis courts, but the film didn't tell us who Belfort's cellmate was. Belfort and Tommy Chong of the comedy duo "Cheech & Chong" were cellmates before Chong was released. In 2014, Belfort spoke to Stephen Galloway with The Hollywood Reporter about his time in prison. He explained, "[Chong] was in the process of writing his book. We used to tell each other stories at night, and I had him rolling hysterically on the floor. The third night he goes, 'You've got to write a book.' So I started writing, and I knew it was bad. It was terrible. I was about to call it quits and then I went into the prison library and stumbled upon 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' by Tom Wolfe, and I was like, 'That's how I want to write!'"

In 2014 Chong spoke with Adrian Lee at Maclean's about how he met Belfort in prison and giving Belfort feed back on his pages, saying "After a while he showed me what he had written, and it was the only time I had critiqued someone really heavy — usually when someone writes something, you say, 'Oh yeah, that's great, keep going.' But I knew instinctively he had a lot more to offer than what he showed me ... I told him ... 'No, you've got to write those stories you've been telling me at night. Your real life is much more exciting than any kind of imaginary story you could come up with.'"

Stratton Oakmont was never on Wall Street

Although the memoir and film are titled "The Wolf of Wall Street," Jordan Belfort only worked on Wall Street for several months in 1987 at L. F. Rothschild. Black Monday put an end to his days at a Manhattan based brokerage firm. As we see in the film, it was on Long Island that Belfort got a job at the Investor's Center selling penny stocks from the pink sheets and found his calling: his get-rich-quick scheme, selling nearly worthless stocks for a 50 percent commission to people who couldn't afford to lose the money (per NY Times ).

Belfort soon went out on his own, founding Stratton Oakmont with Danny Porush, where they began targeting rich investors using a persuasive script and "pump and dump" tactics — making Belfort, Porush and their brokers rich, while leaving their clients broke. As reported by the Washington Post in 1996, Stratton Oakmont was disciplined for securities violations as early as 1989, and continued to be disciplined almost annually.

Jimmy So with The Daily Beast, maintains, "The problem with 'The Wolf of Wall Street' is that the self-fashioned wolf was nowhere near the real Wall Street." The memoir and film made the brokerage firm seem like a much bigger deal than they really were, despite the financial ruin they left in their wake. Stratton Oakmont's offices were on Long Island, not Wall Street.

Jordan Belfort was never called 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

Scorsese's film makes it seem like Forbes gave Jordan Belfort the nickname, "The Wolf of Wall Street" when they published a takedown about Stratton Oakmont's questionable business practices. Forbes wrote an article about Stratton Oakmont's dirty deeds in 1991, but the article did not call Belfort "the wolf of wall street." In 2013, Forbes revisited Roula Khalaf's original article, where she called Belfort a "twisted Robin Hood who takes from the rich and gives to himself and his merry band of brokers." 

Danny Porush, Belfort's former partner and one-time friend, told Mother Jones  that nobody at the firm ever used the "wolf" moniker. As reported by CNN , Belfort came up with the nickname himself for his memoir. As Porush told Mother Jones, Belfort's "greatest gift was always that of a self-promoter." But as Joe Nocera with the NY Times said, "who would ever buy a ticket to a movie called 'The Wolf of Long Island'?"

Belfort had a head-on collision while driving under the influence of Quaaludes

When the real Jordan Belfort crashed his car while on Quaaludes, he was in a Mercedes Benz rather than a Lamborghini, and someone was actually injured. Belfort had a head-on collision while driving home from the country club where he used the pay phone, sending the woman he collided with to the hospital (per The Daily Beast ). None of Belfort's crimes are victimless.

This type of discrepancy is central to the complaints about both Belfort's memoir and the film. Although Belfort says he regrets his crimes, he is too busy boasting about the parties, the riches, the drugs, and the sex to sound like he regrets anything except getting caught. Belfort's memoir and the film it inspired might seem like a celebration of greed and excess, but they are also a depiction of the ostentatious behavior that eventually drew the attention of the authorities.

Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" might not tell you everything about the true story, but what it does is reveal how audiences love watching someone else's destructive behavior. We get all the thrills and none of the consequences. As screenwriter Terence Winter told Esquire, "I'd much rather watch somebody who isn't responsible, who makes all the wrong decisions and hangs out with the wrong people. That's more satisfying. We may live like saints, but when it comes to our fantasy life, everybody's got a little larceny in their soul."

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The Lavish Yacht Lifestyle of Jordan Belfort: A Real-Life Extravaganza!

Jordan Belfort, the infamous stockbroker and subject of the hit movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” was known for his extravagant lifestyle and love for excess. Among his many indulgences, Belfort’s luxurious yacht played a prominent role in his real-life story. With its opulent features and extravagant parties, the yacht became a symbol of his excessive wealth and debauchery. As the centerpiece of his extravagant lifestyle, the yacht not only reflected Belfort’s financial success but also his larger-than-life personality. In this article, we will delve into the details of Jordan Belfort’s yacht in real life, exploring its lavish amenities, notorious parties, and the impact it had on his rise and fall in the world of finance.

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In the night of June 22nd to June 23rd, 1996, Jordan Belfort allegedly ordered his yacht Nadine to be steered into a storm off the coast of Sardinia, resulting in the sinking of the ship. Belfort and the remaining individuals on board were fortunate to be rescued by the Italian Coast Guard. This incident has sparked speculation as to the truth behind the sinking of Jordan Belfort’s yacht.

Accepted as fact, on the night of June 22nd to June 23rd, 1996, Jordan Belfort supposedly directed his yacht Nadine towards a storm near Sardinia, causing it to sink. Thankfully, Belfort and the others onboard were successfully saved by the Italian Coast Guard. However, this event has since led to speculation and curiosity surrounding the true circumstances of the yacht’s sinking.

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Regarded as one of the most notorious figures in the finance industry, Jordan Belfort’s life and rise to power as depicted in “The Wolf of Wall Street” captivated audiences worldwide. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film offers a glimpse into Belfort’s career as a stockbroker and the excesses that ultimately led to his downfall. Adapted from Belfort’s own memoir, the movie provides a thrilling and cautionary tale of greed and corruption in the world of high finance.

Jordan Belfort, the infamous stockbroker and subject of the film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” has taken a different path since his days of financial fraud and excess. After serving time in prison, Belfort has reinvented himself as a motivational speaker and author, aiming to teach others about ethical sales techniques. He now travels the world, sharing his story of redemption and offering insights into the world of high-pressure sales. Belfort’s transformation serves as a cautionary tale and a reminder that second chances are possible, even for those who have fallen from grace.

Known as the subject of “The Wolf of Wall Street,” Jordan Belfort has turned his life around after his involvement in financial fraud. Now a motivational speaker and author, he shares his story of redemption and teaches ethical sales techniques. Belfort’s transformation is a powerful reminder that second chances are possible, even for those who have fallen from grace.

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Embark on a mesmerizing journey as we unveil the opulent world of Jordan Belfort’s luxurious yacht. A floating paradise, this vessel is a testament to Belfort’s larger-than-life persona and extravagant lifestyle. From the moment you step on board, you are transported into a maritime playground, adorned with lavish interiors and state-of-the-art amenities. With breathtaking panoramic views, a private cinema, and a fully-equipped spa, this yacht offers an unparalleled experience of luxury and indulgence. Join us as we navigate through the intricate details of Belfort’s real-life maritime masterpiece, a vessel that truly embodies the essence of living life to the fullest.

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In conclusion, Jordan Belfort’s luxurious yacht serves as a symbol of his extravagant lifestyle and the excesses of his real-life persona. While Belfort’s rise and fall in the world of finance captivated audiences in the film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” his actual yacht, the Nadine, represents the opulence and disregard for regulations that defined his life. With its state-of-the-art features and lavish amenities, the yacht embodies the excesses and indulgences that Belfort pursued during his time as a Wall Street mogul. However, it also stands as a stark reminder of the consequences of such a lifestyle, as Belfort’s illegal activities ultimately led to his downfall. The Nadine, a symbol of both success and greed, serves as a testament to the fine line between ambition and corruption in the world of high finance.

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Welcome aboard the luxurious realm of Jordan Belfort’s yacht, where opulence and extravagance merge to create an unparalleled experience on the open seas. Inspired by the infamous “Wolf of Wall Street” himself, this floating masterpiece embodies the epitome of indulgence and grandeur. From its sleek design to its state-of-the-art amenities, Belfort’s yacht is a testament to the high-flying lifestyle he once enjoyed. Join us as we delve into the real-life world of Jordan Belfort’s yacht, exploring its lavish features, breathtaking destinations, and the untold stories of the man who once ruled the financial world. Prepare to be captivated by the allure of this floating paradise and discover the fascinating tale of a man who effortlessly transformed his dreams into reality, one yacht at a time.

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In the night of June 22nd to June 23rd, 1996, Jordan Belfort orchestrated a risky maneuver involving his yacht, Nadine, off the coast of Sardinia. The captain deliberately steered the vessel into a storm, resulting in its sinking. Fortunately, Belfort and the other individuals on board were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard. This incident raises questions about whether the sinking was intentional or a desperate attempt to escape something. The truth behind the sinking of Jordan Belfort’s yacht remains shrouded in mystery.

In the dark hours of June 22nd to June 23rd, 1996, Jordan Belfort executed a daring maneuver with his yacht, Nadine, near Sardinia. The captain deliberately navigated the vessel into a furious storm, resulting in its submersion. Fortunately, Belfort and the others were saved by the Italian Coast Guard. This incident leaves unanswered questions about the true intentions behind the sinking, adding an air of intrigue to the mystery surrounding Jordan Belfort’s ill-fated yacht.

“The Wolf of Wall Street,” directed by acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese, is indeed based on true events. Inspired by the best-selling book of the same name by Jordan Belfort, the film delves into Belfort’s real-life experiences as a stockbroker at L.F. While the movie may have taken some creative liberties, it remains grounded in the intriguing and scandalous world of Wall Street during the 1990s.

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Jordan Belfort, famously known as the “Wolf of Wall Street,” has come a long way since his infamous days as a stockbroker. After serving time for securities fraud and money laundering, Belfort has transformed his life. Now, he is a renowned motivational speaker, author, and sales trainer. Drawing from his past experiences, Belfort educates and inspires others to achieve success and ethical business practices. Through his Straight Line System, he continues to assist individuals and organizations in enhancing their sales skills and overcoming obstacles. Belfort’s story serves as a powerful reminder that redemption and personal growth are possible, even after a tumultuous past.

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Jordan Belfort, famously known as the “Wolf of Wall Street,” is known for his extravagant lifestyle. One aspect of his opulent existence is his lavish yacht, which offers a glimpse into his world of excess. This luxurious vessel is a masterpiece of design and engineering, boasting state-of-the-art amenities and breathtaking views. From the moment you step on board, you are enveloped in a world of luxury, with plush interiors, a private cinema, and a stunning pool area. Belfort’s yacht is a symbol of his success and a testament to the extravagant lifestyle he leads.

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Jordan Belfort’s real-life yacht, “Nadine,” was a symbol of his extravagant lifestyle. Measuring over 162 feet, it featured luxurious amenities like a helipad, jacuzzi, and multiple lounges. Today, we explore the captivating story of this opulent vessel and the extravagant world it once sailed in.

Jordan Belfort, the infamous Wall Street stockbroker and subject of the hit movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is no stranger to a life of luxury. One of his most prized possessions is his extravagant yacht, a symbol of his success and opulence. This magnificent vessel, named “The Duchess,” boasts a sleek and stylish exterior, with a sophisticated interior design that exudes elegance. Complete with lavish amenities such as a Jacuzzi, a fully equipped gym, and multiple lavish cabins, this yacht truly embodies the essence of sailing in style.

Jordan Belfort’s luxurious yacht, “The Duchess,” is a stunning display of opulence and success. With its sleek exterior, elegant interior design, and lavish amenities, it epitomizes the epitome of sailing in style.

Jordan Belfort, the infamous former stockbroker and subject of the hit film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is known for his extravagant lifestyle. One of the highlights of his lavish life was his opulent yacht, which became a symbol of his excesses. Named “Nadine,” the 167-foot vessel was a floating palace equipped with luxurious amenities, including a helipad and a Jacuzzi. From hosting wild parties to cruising the open waters, Belfort’s yacht was a testament to his rise and fall on Wall Street, showcasing both the allure and consequences of a life lived in excess.

Jordan Belfort’s extravagant lifestyle was epitomized by his opulent yacht, “Nadine.” This 167-foot floating palace boasted a helipad and a Jacuzzi, symbolizing the allure and consequences of a life lived in excess. From wild parties to cruising the open waters, Belfort’s yacht was a testament to his rise and fall on Wall Street.

In conclusion, exploring the real-life journey of Jordan Belfort’s yacht provides a fascinating insight into the opulent and extravagant lifestyle of the notorious Wall Street tycoon. From its lavish interior design to its state-of-the-art amenities, the yacht symbolizes the excesses and indulgences that characterized Belfort’s rise to power. However, beyond the superficial allure, it also serves as a reminder of the consequences of unchecked greed and unethical practices. Belfort’s yacht serves as a cautionary tale, a symbol of a man who allowed his insatiable appetite for wealth and success to overshadow his moral compass. By delving into the world of this yacht, we are given a glimpse into the darker side of success and a reminder that true fulfillment and happiness cannot be found in material possessions alone. Ultimately, the story of Jordan Belfort’s yacht teaches us the importance of integrity, responsibility, and the dangers of succumbing to the temptations that money and power can bring.

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The Life Story of Jordan Belfort

Jordan Belfort: The Wolf of Wall Street

Jordan Belfort, often referred to as the “Wolf of Wall Street,” is a figure of immense controversy and intrigue. Belfort was Born in New York on July 9, 1962.

Belfort’s life begins from a humble background to a notorious stockbroker and, eventually, a motivational speaker and author, making for a story of ambition, excess, downfall, and reinvention.

Early Life and Entrepreneurial Spirit

Raised in a Jewish family in the Bronx and Queens, the son of accountant parents, Belfort’s entrepreneurial flair surfaced early.

Before college, he and a friend made a striking $20,000 selling Italian ice at a local beach.

After graduating from American University with a biology degree, his initial plan to attend dental school was short-lived, leading him down an entirely different path.

Initial Ventures and Wall Street Entry

Belfort’s business ventures began with door-to-door meat and seafood sales in Long Island.

Although initially successful, the business failed, and he filed for bankruptcy when he was 25.

Undeterred, he entered the world of stockbroking, joining L.F. Rothschild, only to have his trajectory disrupted by the Black Monday stock market crash.

The Rise of Stratton Oakmont

Belfort’s actual claim to fame began with Stratton Oakmont.

This boiler room operation dealing in penny stocks became infamous for its pump-and-dump schemes and significant investor fraud.

It wasn’t just the business practices that were excessive; Belfort’s lifestyle, characterized by lavish spending and intensive drug use, particularly of methaqualone (Quaaludes), became the stuff of legend.

Legal Downfall and Imprisonment

The luxury and illegal activities couldn’t last forever. Belfort eventually pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering related to stock market manipulation.

His prison sentence of 22 months became a turning point.

Tommy Chong, whom he met in prison, encouraged him to write about his experiences.

Writing Career and Film Adaptation

Post-prison, Belfort penned his memoirs, “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Catching the Wolf of Wall Street.”

His life story captured the public’s imagination, so much so that the story turned into a successful movie directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Motivational Speaking and Personal Growth

In a twist of fate, Belfort turned to motivational speaking, focusing on business ethics and learning from past mistakes.

His “Straight Line System” offers sales advice, reflecting his enduring expertise in persuasion and salesmanship.

Personal Life and Controversies

Belfort’s personal life has been as turbulent as his professional one, marked by multiple marriages, divorces, and struggles with addiction.

Allegations of domestic violence and the sinking of his luxury yacht off Sardinia’s coast add to his controversial persona.

Political Inclinations and Cryptocurrency Ventures

Known for his varied political views, Belfort has donated to the Republican Party and supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election.

Initially skeptical about cryptocurrency, he later became an investor in crypto startups, showing his adaptability to new financial trends.

Ongoing Controversies

Despite attempts to reinvent himself, Belfort has been embroiled in training program controversies in Australia and accusations of not fully complying with his restitution payments.

His life remains a subject of public scrutiny and debate.

Current Status and Net Worth

In 2023, Belfort is estimated to have a net worth of more than $110 million as a speaker, author, and podcast host of “The Wolf’s Den.”

His story continues to fascinate, serving as a cautionary tale of excess, the consequences of unethical decisions, and the potential for redemption.

Key Points and Facts

Personal Background

• Born on July 9, 1962, in New York City.
• Grew up in a Jewish family in the Bronx and Queens. His parents were accountants.

Early Entrepreneurship

• As a teen, made $20,000 selling Italian ice at a beach.
• Holds a biology degree from American University.
• Left dental school on the first day, shifting focus from dentistry.

Career Ventures

• Began as a door-to-door meat and seafood salesman in Long Island; business eventually failed.
• Entered stockbroking with L.F. Rothschild, impacted by the Black Monday crash.

Stratton Oakmont Era

• Founded Stratton Oakmont, dealing in penny stocks.
• Involved in pump-and-dump schemes, leading to investor fraud.
• Known for a lavish lifestyle and heavy drug use.
• The firm was scrutinized and shut down by the NASD.

Legal Issues and Imprisonment

• Guilty of fraud and money laundering in stock market manipulation.
• Served 22 months in prison; encouraged to write by cellmate Tommy Chong.
• Ordered to pay $110 million in restitution.

Writing Career

• Authored “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Catching the Wolf of Wall Street.”
• “The Wolf of Wall Street” adapted into a film by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Motivational Speaking

• Became a speaker, focusing on business ethics and learning from mistakes.
• Created the “Straight Line System” for sales training.

Personal Life

• Experienced multiple marriages and divorces.
• Struggled with drug addiction and faced domestic violence allegations.
• Owned a luxury yacht that sank near Sardinia.

Political Views

• Donated to the Republican Party.
• Supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election.

Cryptocurrency Involvement

• Initially skeptical, later invested in crypto startups.

Controversies and Scandals

• Faced controversy in Australian training programs.
• Accused of not fully complying with restitution payments.

Jordan Belfort

• Birth and Early Life : Jordan Ross Belfort is born on July 9, 1962, in New York City. He grows up in a Jewish family in the Bronx and Queens, with parents who work as accountants.

Before College

• First Business Ventures : As a teenager, Belfort earns $20,000 selling Italian ice at a beach, showing early business savvy.

College Years

• Academic Pursuits : Graduates from American University with a biology degree. He briefly considers dental school but decides against it on the first day.
• Initial Career Steps : Starts as a door-to-door meat and seafood salesman in Long Island, New York. His business is initially successful but eventually leads to bankruptcy at the age of 25.
• Entering Wall Street : Belfort begins his career in stockbroking at L.F. Rothschild. His early time in the field is affected by the Black Monday stock market crash.
• Founding Stratton Oakmont : Establishes Stratton Oakmont, a boiler room brokerage dealing in penny stocks. The firm gets involved in pump-and-dump schemes, contributing to significant investor fraud. Belfort adopts a lavish lifestyle, marked by intensive drug use.
• Height of Success and Downfall : The culture at Stratton Oakmont mirrors Belfort’s extravagant lifestyle and substance abuse. The firm faces constant scrutiny and is eventually shut down by the NASD.
• Beginning of Legal Troubles : Stratton Oakmont is expelled from the National Association of Securities Dealers.
• Indictment and Conviction : Belfort is indicted for securities fraud and money laundering. He pleads guilty and is sentenced to prison.
• Prison Time : Serves 22 months of a four-year sentence. During this time, he is fined $110 million and meets Tommy Chong, who encourages him to write.
• Writing Career : Publishes his memoirs, “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Catching the Wolf of Wall Street.” The former is later adapted into a film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Post-Prison Era

• Reinvention : Becomes a motivational speaker and develops the “Straight Line System” for sales. He focuses on teaching business ethics and learning from past mistakes. Continues to face personal issues, including multiple marriages, divorces, and allegations of domestic violence.
• Political Engagement : Publicly supports Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election and makes donations to the Republican Party.

Recent Years

• Cryptocurrency and Current Status : Initially skeptical, Belfort becomes an investor in cryptocurrency startups. Faces controversies in training programs and accusations regarding restitution payments. As of 2023, his estimated net worth is around $134 million. He hosts a podcast, “The Wolf’s Den.”

Lessons from Jordan Belfort’s Life

Jordan Belfort’s life story, filled with highs and lows, offers valuable lessons for young learners. Let’s explore three key teachings that stand out.

The Importance of Ethical Decision-Making

Jordan Belfort’s journey in the financial world, particularly with Stratton Oakmont, highlights the crucial role of ethics in business.

His involvement in illegal activities like pump-and-dump schemes led to significant legal consequences.

This teaches us that success, when built on unethical practices, is unsustainable and can lead to severe repercussions. It’s a reminder to always choose the right path, even when shortcuts seem tempting.

Resilience and Reinvention

After facing numerous personal and professional setbacks, including bankruptcy and legal troubles, Belfort’s story is one of resilience.

He reinvented himself post-prison by becoming a motivational speaker and author, focusing on business ethics and learning from past mistakes.

This part of his life shows us that it’s possible to bounce back from failure and transform one’s life, emphasizing the power of resilience and the ability to learn from our mistakes.

The Dangers of Excess

Belfort’s extravagant lifestyle, marked by luxury and substance abuse, eventually led to personal and legal issues.

His story serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of excess and the importance of moderation.

It teaches us that success and wealth can be fleeting if not managed responsibly, and that maintaining balance in life is crucial for long-term happiness and stability.

Jordan Belfort’s life, with its mix of entrepreneurship, ethical challenges, and personal reinvention, offers these important lessons that can guide us in making better choices in our own lives.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jordan Belfort

What Did Jordan Belfort Do Before He Got Famous?

Early Business Ventures :

Before becoming famous, Jordan Belfort showed his business skills early on. As a teenager, he made $20,000 selling Italian ice at the beach.

He also graduated with a biology degree and briefly thought about going to dental school. Then, he started a meat and seafood sales business, which initially did well but eventually failed.

How Did Jordan Belfort Start in Stockbroking?

Entry into Wall Street :

After his early businesses didn’t work out, Belfort began working in stockbroking.

He started at L.F. Rothschild and then moved to a smaller firm, Investor Center, in 1988. This was the beginning of his Wall Street career.

What Was Stratton Oakmont?

Founding of a Brokerage Firm :

In 1989, Belfort and his partner, Danny Porush, started Stratton Oakmont. It was a brokerage firm that got involved in illegal activities like pump-and-dump schemes.

The firm made a lot of money, but it wasn’t doing things the right way.

Why Did Jordan Belfort Go to Prison?

Legal Issues and Conviction :

Belfort’s actions at Stratton Oakmont attracted attention from the law.

He was found guilty of fraud and money laundering related to stock market manipulation.

In 1999, he was sentenced and ended up serving 22 months in prison. During his time in prison, he was encouraged to write, which led to his career as an author.

What Did Jordan Belfort Write About?

Writing Career :

After prison, Belfort wrote books about his experiences. His most famous book is “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which was later made into a movie.

He also wrote “Catching the Wolf of Wall Street,” sharing more about his life.

What Does Jordan Belfort Do Now?

Current Career :

Today, Belfort is a motivational speaker and sales trainer. He talks about business ethics and how to learn from past mistakes.

He’s also involved in cryptocurrency and hosts a podcast called “The Wolf’s Den.”

Jordan Belfort’s story mixes early ambition, legal troubles, and a turn toward helping others learn from his experiences. His life lessons are valuable for understanding the importance of making the right choices.

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Jordan Belfort's net worth is currently negative $100 million due to his involvement in fraudulent activities, particularly pump-and-dump schemes conducted through his financial firm, Stratton Oakmont, from 1989 to 1996. Belfort, a former stockbroker and author, defrauded victims of hundreds of millions of dollars, leading to his indictment for securities fraud and money laundering in 1999. Despite his negative net worth, he has reinvented himself as a motivational speaker, charging substantial fees for speaking engagements and seminars.

Jordan Ross Belfort was born in The Bronx, New York, on July 9, 1962. Raised in Bayside, Queens, he initially pursued a career in dentistry but left after one day of classes. Belfort entered the finance world and, after facing setbacks, founded Stratton Oakmont in the early 1990s. Convicted of securities fraud and money laundering in 1999, he served 22 months in prison.

Post-release, Belfort became a motivational speaker through his company, Global Motivation, Inc. He emphasizes the importance of ethics and learning from mistakes in business. Additionally, Belfort is a published author, with memoirs like "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Catching the Wolf of Wall Street," the former adapted into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Belfort owned the luxury yacht "Nadine," built in 1961 for Coco Chanel. Renamed after his second wife, the yacht sank off the coast of Sardinia in June 1996. Belfort admitted to insisting on sailing in high winds against the captain's advice, leading to the vessel's demise. The Italian Navy's special forces rescued all aboard.

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Belfort's rise to success involved founding Stratton Oakmont in the early 1990s, orchestrating pump-and-dump schemes that defrauded investors of hundreds of millions. Legal troubles ensued, and in 1999, he was indicted for securities fraud and money laundering. Belfort's cooperation with the FBI led to a reduced sentence of 22 months in prison. His firm was expelled from the National Association of Securities Dealers in 1996, marking its downfall.

Jordan Belfort's notorious journey towards financial crime started when he founded the firm Stratton Oakmont in 1989. This firm orchestrated elaborate pump-and-dump schemes, through which it defrauded unsuspecting victims of hundreds of millions of dollars. Belfort's primary source of income during this period were the ill-gotten gains from these schemes, which he used to fund a lavish lifestyle.

Belfort's former residence in Long Island, New York, was seized by the federal government in 2001 and sold to compensate fraud victims. The property, initially listed for $3.4 million in 2017, faced price reductions, with the latest known price at $2.89 million in August 2018.

Jordan Belfort's financial journey involved early ventures, including door-to-door meat and seafood sales. Despite bankruptcy at 25, he became a stockbroker, eventually founding Stratton Oakmont. His success was marred by fraudulent practices, resulting in legal consequences and a negative net worth. Belfort has written about his experiences and developed a system of sales advice called the "Straight Line System."

Jordan Belfort's story serves as a cautionary tale about the consequences of financial fraud. Aspiring entrepreneurs can learn from his mistakes, emphasizing the importance of ethical business practices. Belfort's transformation into a motivational speaker and author reflects the possibility of redemption and personal growth after facing legal and financial setbacks.

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Jordan Belfort, the former stockbroker, was involved in fraudulent activities related to penny stocks through his financial firm, Stratton Oakmont. The firm engaged in pump-and-dump schemes, defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars. Belfort's involvement in such schemes led to his indictment for securities fraud and money laundering in 1999.

Stratton Oakmont, founded by Jordan Belfort, orchestrated pump-and-dump schemes as part of its fraudulent activities. The firm manipulated stock prices, leading to inflated values that benefited Belfort and his associates. This scheme defrauded investors, and Belfort eventually faced legal consequences, serving 22 months in prison and being ordered to pay $110 million in restitution.

Jordan Belfort's personal life has been marked by turmoil. He married Denise Lombardo in 1985, but their marriage ended in 1991. His second marriage, to British-born model Nadine Caridi in 1991, produced two children but ended in divorce in 2005 after allegations of domestic violence. Belfort later married Anne Koppe in 2008, divorced her in 2020, and began dating Cristina Invernizzi in 2021.

Jordan Belfort graduated from American University with a degree in biology. Initially planning to attend dental school, he changed his path after a discouraging speech by the dental school dean. Belfort's career took a different turn when he became a door-to-door meat and seafood salesman before entering the world of finance.

Why is Jordan Belfort's net worth in minus?

Jordan Belfort's net worth is negative $100 million because of his involvement in fraudulent activities.

How accurate is Wolf Of Wall Street?

While "The Wolf of Wall Street" is based on Jordan Belfort's memoir, it takes creative liberties and exaggerates some events.

Did Jordan Belfort lose his money?

Yes, Jordan Belfort lost a significant amount of money due to legal consequences from his fraudulent activities. He was ordered to pay $110 million in restitution to his victims.

How did Jordan Belfort build his net worth?

Jordan Belfort initially built his net worth through fraudulent activities as the founder of Stratton Oakmont, a financial firm engaged in pump-and-dump scheme.

How has Jordan Belfort spent his money?

Jordan Belfort spent his money on a lavish lifestyle, including buying a white Ferrari with his first Wall Street bonus, sinking a 167-foot yacht in a Mediterranean storm, running up a $700,000 hotel bill, and engaging in extravagant activities.

How do people live with a negative net worth?

Individuals with a negative net worth, like Jordan Belfort, may face financial challenges, including difficulties in repaying debts and meeting financial obligations.

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Nadine Caridi , a former American model, rather famous as the ex-wife of the notorious stockbroker, Jordan Belfort . Belfort rose to prominence after he published a book based on his experience at Stratton Oakmont, The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007. The book was later adapted into an eponymous film starring Leonardo DiCaprio .

Nadine Caridi was the second wife of Belfort. The former pair even shares two kids, Chandler and Carter. People often recognize Caridi as Belfort’s ex-wife, however, she had already made a buzz with her modeling work before she even met him.

Let’s shed some light on Nadine’s background and know about her parents, net worth, married life, and children.

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Born in London, Caridi Grew Up in New York

Nadine Caridi was born on November 6, 1962, in London, England. She moved to the United States as a child and grew up in Bay Ridge, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. She belongs to a mixed ancestral background. Her father was Italian while her mother belonged to German, Dutch, and English ancestry.

Now we know why she was called, The Duchess of Bay Ridge.

Caridi attended John Dewey High School located in Gravesend, Brooklyn.

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Caridi studied clinical psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute obtaining a Master’s degree. Later, she obtained her Ph.D. in Somatic Psychotherapy in 2015. As of now, she works as a marriage and family therapist.

Nadine Caridi Did Modeling in the ’90s

Nadine Caridi started her professional career in modeling in the ’90s. She started as the poster girl for the beer brand “Miller Lite.”

Later, she went on to work as a featured model in many national commercial campaigns including the Monday Night Football.

Margot Robbie portrayed Nadine in “ The Wolf of Wall Street”

In 2013, Martin Scorsese produced and directed the movie,  The Wolf of Wall Street  based on Jordan Belfort’s memoir published in 2007. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio played Jordan Belfort in the movie.

Meanwhile, Jordan’s second wife, Nadine, was played by actress Margot Robbie . Her character was portrayed as Naomi Lapaglia on-screen.

Jordan Belfort Nadine Caridi: Married in 1991

After meeting in the late eighties, Nadine Caridi and Jordan Belfort dated for a couple of years before they tied the knot in 1991. Their wedding took place in the Carribean.

Belfort was still married to Denise Lombardo  at the time when he started an extra-marital affair with Nadine. It was because of their relationship, Lombardo divorced him in the early 1990s.

Nadine Gave Birth to Two Children, Chandler and Carter Belfort

After Nadine and Belfort’s marriage in 1991, the pair spent a joyous time for a couple of years. The then-lovebirds welcomed two children, a daughter named Chandler Belfort on July 29, 1993 , and a son, Carter Belfort  on August 15, 1995 .

After the pair gave birth to their two children, trouble started brewing in their marital life, all due to Belfort’s addiction to narcotics and his infidelity. These issues later led to their separation and eventually, they divorced in 1998.

Initially, Caridi’s ex-boyfriend introduced her to Jordan

Nadine Caridi was dating Alan Wilzig  before she started dating Jordan Belfort. As ironical as it sounds, her then-beau Wilzig introduced her to Belfort in the late eighties at the Hamptons pool party.

As per Business Insider , Alan Wilzig is a semi-professional race car driver. Besides, he previously served as the president of the Trust Company of New Jersey, owned by his father, Siggi Wilzig.

Belfort Had a Yacht Named After His ex-wife Nadine

Belfort bought a luxury yacht that was originally built for late French designer, Coco Chanel. Later on, he renamed the yacht as Nadine .

Nevertheless, the luxury yacht sank off the east coast of Sardinia in June 1996. Frogmen from the Italian Navy special force rescued everyone on board.

Belfort later revealed that he insisted on sailing out in high winds, despite the Yacht captain’s order which in the end, resulted in the accident.

Nadine exchanged vows with her Second Husband Shortly after her Divorce from Belfort

As of now, Nadine Caridi is happily married to John Macaluso . Her second husband, Macaluso is a New York-based entrepreneur. Besides, Macaluso also worked as the CEO of Wizard World. As per the sources, Macaluso is 22 years older than her.

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Macaluso has three children, all daughters, Frankie , Allie , and Nicky , from his previous marriage. Recently in March 2020, Nadine and her husband became grandparents for the first time. Nadine shared a  photo with the newborn , Charles John , on her Instagram.

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Wolf of Wall Street's Jordan Belfort: 'The lessons of the crash have been forgotten'

The convicted fraudster who inspired Martin Scorsese’s film of Wall Street excess is back with a new book and a warning that a big market correction is on the way

T he Wolf of Wall Street forgives but he never forgets. Ten years ago when I last met Jordan Belfort, convicted criminal, aspiring author and shortly to be a man at the center of a fierce bidding war for his biography, I suggested his hair was “the sort of dark brown that only passes for natural in LA”. Also his skin was a little too taut and maybe he wore lifts.

A decade on the 55-year-old still looks 10 years younger than his age. And his hair is still a rich mahogany. But he’s keen to point out it’s all natural. “I swear to God,” he says. “Do I dye my hair?” he asks Anne Koppe, his partner, as they sit in their Manhattan hotel suite.

Koppe – the sort of blonde who probably gets described as “willowy” and spends part of the interview curled round Belfort like a cat – points at his chest hair, peaking out from his polo shirt. That’s definitely brown. “It’s all an expensive dye job,” I say. The couple laugh. “You’re killing me,” he says.

Back in his native New York for a family visit Belfort seems very happy. It’s over 11 years since he was released from jail having served four years for running a “pump and dump” share selling scheme at his broker, Stratton Oakmont, that prosecutors said led to losses of approximately $200m. Life has moved on for him, and how.

His drug-fueled crime spree, in which he crashed a helicopter (while high on quaaludes), sank a yacht and arranged midget-tossing in his office, was turned into a film by Martin Scorsese starring Leonardo DiCaprio , that became an international box office hit.

He remains friends with DiCaprio. He taught the actor, who has never done drugs, how to act when he was portraying the scenes of Belfort out of his mind on his usual cocktails of narcotics. It was: “Valium for breakfast, marijuana for lunch and quaaludes for dinner,” one of his associates said.

Now he has another book out, Way of the Wolf , that promises to teach anyone how to be an ace – and ethical – salesman, and is in the early stages of turning his life story into a Broadway musical. Crime does pay!

Belfort, 20 years sober, lives a charmed life. It took almost seven years for the film to be made after it was optioned and even that delay worked in his favor. The script originally ended with Belfort in jail. By the time it was made, Belfort had rebuilt his business, giving seminars about his “straight line” sales techniques and the film ended with him giving one of those talks. It was “amazing” he says. “In a way the fact it was so late really worked.”

Now living in Los Angeles, Belfort says he leads a quiet life. “We are very boring,” he says. “All these delivery services, Doordash, Grubhub. They make it too easy to stay home and have bed picnics. That’s our favorite thing to do.”

But the bizarro world of the Wolf continues. The US government now owns the TV rights to his story (but not the Broadway ones) after the film’s producers, Red Granite Pictures, reached an agreement with federal prosecutors looking to recoup some of the billions they claim were stolen from the Malaysian government and used, in part, to finance the film.

Belfort says he had a strange feeling about those investors from the start. “The way they spent money, I have never seen anything like it,” he says. The Malaysian investors flew Kanye West out for the film’s launch party. When you steal money, he says, you just want to spend it. “It’s like a weird compulsion,” says a man who should know.

For his own part, Belfort says the high-spending days are over. He wants to pay back Stratton’s investors (he’s already paid about $20m) and get on with his life. But his celebrity – and his past – do get in the way.

All the harping on the past can be a bit annoying. “The movie came out a few years back but it depicts events from my life almost 30 years ago. I’m not the same Jordan Belfort. I continue to pay back money and I am hopeful that I will pay back all the money. It’s frustrating because you want to reinvent yourself and you feel you have. And he knows your past is always there.”

The book, he says smoothly moving into sales pitch mode, is about that. “It’s really about a strategy for coming back from failure,” he says.

“I should have written this book a long time ago,” he says. The problem is he hates writing. Anne shows me a video of him typing away in bed (they clearly spend a lot of time there). He holds the laptop in one hand and types one finger at a time. “Even better,” he says out loud in the video. “Better yet. Better though.” He pauses. “Once you’ve been. Once you HAVE been …” It goes on and on and looks excruciating. Anne says it helped him sleep. A lot.

But the result is fun, with more insights from the world of Stratton Oakmont and allusions to The Italian Job and Forrest Gump. It’s the sort of easy read that will no doubt fly off the bookshelves at airports around the world. It’s not just for sales people, he says. Everyone is always selling themselves. “There are so many people out there who are brilliant, hardworking and industrious but lack the art of persuasion,” he says. “And because of that they end up dying with their music on their lips. It’s crazy.”

If he wants to make the switch from villain to hero, there are others to take his place. In the pantheon of Wall Street villains Belfort has been eclipsed by Martin Shkreli, the “pharma bro” who hiked the price of a lifesaving drug 5,000% and is now in jail after calling on his Facebook fans to steal a lock of Hillary Clinton’s hair . “There has got to be something wrong with that guy,” says Belfort. “Is he crazy?”

But it’s not the players, it’s the bigger picture on Wall Street that worries him these days. He says bitcoin is a bubble waiting to burst. “It’s artificially created scarcity,” he says. “The problem I have with bitcoin right now is that it’s very much like at the tail end of of 2007, 2008 right before the mortgage market blew up. You’d be getting your haircut and he’d be like: ‘Oh yeah I also do mortgages on the side.’ Everybody was a broker. Everyone’s flipping houses. Now everyone’s buying bitcoin. I promise you the end is near.”

He also thinks that the stock markets – which seem to reach record highs on a daily basis – are in for a fall. “I think the lessons of the crash have been forgotten,” he says. “It feels like we are going back into a cycle of irrational exuberance. Like with Trump. How can the country be that unsure of him, how can we be that unsure of him and the markets be so high? If there is that much uncertainty then there is risk,” he says. “The market itself might not be linked to reality any more,” he says. “It’s the ‘greater fool theory’. If there is a greater fool that will buy it from me at a greater price then I did good.”

Something is off and there is going to be a big correction, he says. “There is North Korea and yet … What are they going to do with the national debt? Something is going to happen.” Whatever it is, you get the feeling it’s going to work out just fine for the Wolf of Wall Street.

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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Did jordan belfort really meet his future business partner in a restaurant.

What was the name of Belfort's brokerage house?

The Wolf of Wall Street true story confirms that, like in the movie, Stratton Oakmont was the name of the real Jordan Belfort's Long Island, New York brokerage house. Belfort and co-founder Danny Porush (played by Jonah Hill in the movie) chose the name because it sounded prestigious ( NYTimes.com ). The firm would later be accused of manipulating the IPOs of at least 34 companies, including Steve Madden Ltd. (their biggest deal), Dualstar Technologies, Paramount Financial, D.V.I. Financial, M. H. Meyerson & Co., Czech Industries, M.V.S.I. Technology, Questron Technologies, and Etel Communications.

What exactly did Jordan Belfort do that was illegal?

Belfort's Stratton Oakmont brokerage firm ran a classic "pump and dump" operation. Belfort and several of his executives would buy up a particular company's stock and then have an army of brokers (following a script he had prepared) sell it to unsuspecting investors. This would cause the stock to rise, pretty much guaranteeing Belfort and his associates a substantial profit. Soon, the stock would fall back to reality, with the investors bearing a significant loss. -NYTimes.com

How many employees worked for Jordan Belfort's brokerage firm?

At its peak in the 1990s, Stratton Oakmont, Belfort's firm that he co-founded with Danny Porush, employed more than 1,000 brokers. -TheDailyBeast.com

Danny Porush says the movie's dwarf-tossing scene (above) never happened. Even Belfort's book only discusses it as a possibility. Did Jordan Belfort really host an in-office dwarf-tossing competition?

No. "We never abused [or threw] the midgets in the office; we were friendly to them," Danny Porush (the real Donnie Azoff) says. "There was no physical abuse." Porush does admit that the firm hired little people to attend at least one party. Jordan Belfort's memoir The Wolf of Wall Street only discusses the tossing of little people as a possibility, not something that actually happened. -MotherJones.com

During what years did the events in the movie take place?

The events in The Wolf of Wall Street movie took place during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Jordan Belfort and Danny Porush founded the brokerage firm of Stratton Oakmont in the late 1980s. The securities fraud and money laundering charges brought against the firm involved companies that Stratton Oakmont helped raise money for in public stock offerings from 1990 through 1997. In 1996, Stratton Oakmont was banned from the brokerage industry, which eventually forced the company to close its doors. -NYTimes.com

Was Jordan Belfort really known as the "wolf" of Wall Street?

No, at least not according to the former co-founder and president of the Stratton Oakmont brokerage firm, Danny Porush (portrayed by Jonah Hill in the movie). The real Porush says that he is not aware of anyone at the firm calling Jordan the "wolf." Porush says that it's just one of a number of exaggerations and inventions in both Belfort's book and the movie. -MotherJones.com

Is Matthew McConaughey's character, Mark Hanna, based on a real person?

Yes. In exploring The Wolf of Wall Street true story, we learned that Jordan Belfort claims to have met Matthew McConaughey's character's real-life counterpart, Mark Hanna, in 1987 when he was working at the old-money trading firm of L.F. Rothschild. His new acquaintance was an uproarious senior broker at the firm and introduced Belfort to the excess and debauchery that Belfort would later make a daily staple at Stratton Oakmont. Like in the movie, the real Mark Hanna behind McConaughey's character told Belfort that the key to success was masturbation, cocaine and hookers, in addition to making your customers reinvest their winnings so you can collect the commissions. -TheDailyBeast.com

Did Jordan Belfort really abuse cocaine and other drugs?

Yes. In The Wolf of Wall Street movie, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) is shown snorting cocaine off a prostitute's backside and nearly crashing his private helicopter while high on a cocktail of prescription drugs, including Quaaludes, morphine and Xanax. In researching The Wolf of Wall Street true story, it quickly became clear that Belfort used drugs heavily in real life too. In his memoir, he states that at times he had enough "running through my circulatory system to sedate Guatemala."

Jordan Belfort did give speeches like DiCaprio in the movie (left). Right: The real Belfort speaks at a 1994 Stratton Oakmont Christmas party (right). Did Belfort really stand in front of his employees and give riling speeches with a microphone?

Yes. Belfort was known to stir his troops into action by belting out words of motivation through a microphone. However, his speeches were often filled with more self-adulation than DiCaprio's speeches in the movie.

Did a female employee really let them shave her head for $10,000 to pay for breast implants?

The real Jordan Belfort claims this is true in his memoir. The female employee let them shave off her blonde hair for $10,000, which she used to pay for D-cup breast implants. Co-founder Danny Porush also says that the shaving took place, "...the worst we ever did was shave somebody's head and then pay 'em ten grand for it," says Porush. -MotherJones.com

Was Jordan Belfort's Quaalude dealer in the movie, Brad Bodnick (Jon Bernthal), based on a real person?

Yes. The character in the movie, Brad Bodnick, who has a goatee and is portrayed by The Walking Dead 's Jon Bernthal, is based on Jordan Belfort's real-life Quaalude supplier, Todd Garret. In his memoir, the real Jordan Belfort claims that Garret sold him approximately 10,000 Quaaludes.

Was there ever a chimpanzee in the office?

No. According to co-founder Danny Porush (played by Jonah Hill in the movie), the scene where Leonardo DiCaprio's character pals around with a chimp is pure monkey business. "There was never a chimpanzee in the office," says Porush. "There were no animals in the office...I would also never abuse an animal in any way" (though he does admit to eating the goldfish, see below). -MotherJones.com

Did he really almost crash his helicopter in his yard?

Did Danny Porush really marry his own first cousin?

Yes. According to Jordan Belfort's memoir, the real Donnie Azoff (whose actual name is Danny Porush) did marry his first cousin Nancy "because she was a real piece of ass." After twelve years of marriage, the couple divorced in 1998 after Danny told Nancy that he was in love with another woman ( NYPost.com ). Danny and his ex-wife share three children together.

Did Belfort and his colleagues really have drug-addled nights and sexcapades with prostitutes on a near daily basis?

Though the movie and Belfort's memoir might seem like gross exaggerations of the truth, depicting heavy drug use and sexcapades in the office during trading hours, they're not exaggerations at all says the F.B.I. agent who finally took Belfort into custody, "I tracked this guy for ten years, and everything he wrote is true." Kyle Chandler portrays the agent in the Martin Scorsese movie. -NYTimes.com

Was Belfort really arrested for crashing his Lamborghini while high on expired Quaaludes?

Yes, but according to Belfort the car wasn't a Lamborghini like in the movie, it was a Mercedes. He was so high in a drug daze that he couldn't remember causing several different accidents as he tried to make his way home. In real life, one of the accidents was a head-on collision that actually sent a woman to the hospital. -TheDailyBeast.com

The real Donnie Azoff, Daniel Porush, says that he really did swallow a goldfish like Jonah Hill (pictured). Did Danny Porush really swallow a goldfish?

Yes. According to the real Donnie Azoff, whose actual name is Danny Porush, the scene where Jonah Hill's character eats a goldfish is based on a true story. "I said to one of the brokers, 'If you don't do more business, I'm gonna eat your goldfish!'" Porush recalls. "So I did." -MotherJones.com

Did they really tape money to a woman's body?

In one scene of The Wolf of Wall Street movie, bricks of cash are taped to a Swiss woman's body. "[I] never taped money to boobs," the real Danny Porush says (played by Jonah Hill in the movie). According to Jordan Belfort's memoir, the event did happen but his partner Porush wasn't there. -MotherJones.com

Was footwear mogul Steve Madden really involved in Belfort's scheme?

Yes. As shown in The Wolf of Wall Street movie, Steve Madden had been a childhood friend of Belfort's partner Danny Porush (renamed Donnie Azoff in the movie and portrayed by actor Jonah Hill). Their fondness for drugs and alcohol reunited the two of them. During the initial public offering of his footwear company, Steve Madden Ltd., Madden acquired a large number of shares of his company, which were actually being controlled by Belfort and his firm, Stratton Oakmont. Once shares became available to the public, Stratton Oakmont got down to the business of selling them to unsuspecting suckers. Billing Madden's company as the hottest issue on Wall Street, Belfort's brokers in turn drove up the price. Eventually, Steve Madden was to sell off his shares when the hype was at its peak, just before the stock began its inevitable decline. Similar to what is seen in the movie, Belfort still maintains that Steve Madden tried to steal his Steve Madden shares from him. However, Jordan Belfort did make approximately $23 million in two hours as part of the deal with Steve Madden, who would later be charged as an accomplice to Belfort's scheme. -NYTimes.com For his part, Steve Madden was sentenced to 41 months in prison and was forced to resign as CEO of Steve Madden Ltd. He also resigned from the company's board of directors. However, he did not leave the company entirely. He kept his foot (or shoe) in the door by giving himself the title of creative consultant, for which he was well-compensated even while he was in prison. -Slate.com

Did Jordan Belfort really name his yacht after his wife?

Did Belfort's yacht really sink in a Mediterranean storm?

Yes. In real life, Belfort's 167-foot yacht, which was originally owned by Coco Chanel, sunk off the coast of Italy when Belfort, who was high on drugs at the time, insisted that the captain take the boat through a storm ( TheDailyBeast.com ). Listen to Belfort tell the story during The Room Live 's Jordan Belfort interview . As he states in the interview, his helicopter didn't fall off the boat during the storm like in the movie. Instead, they had to push the helicopter off of the top deck of the boat to make room for the rescue chopper to drop down an Italian Navy commando.

How long did FBI agent Gregory Coleman spend tracking Jordan Belfort and his firm?

FBI agent Gregory Coleman, renamed Patrick Denham for the film and portrayed by actor Kyle Chandler, made tracking Belfort and his firm, Stratton Oakmont, a top priority for six years. In an interview ( watch here ), Coleman says that the factors that drew his attention to the firm were "the flashiness, the brashness of their activities, the blatantness of the way they were soliciting people and cold calling people, and the number of victims that were complaining on a daily basis." -CNBC

Did Jordan really strike his wife?

Yes. The Wolf of Wall Street movie shows Jordan (Leonardo DiCaprio) hitting his wife (Margot Robbie) with his hand and fist. According to his memoir, he actually kicked his wife Nadine down the stairs while he was holding his daughter. She landed on her right side with "tremendous force."

Did Belfort really endanger his 3-year-old daughter's life by crashing his car through the garage door?

Yes. In real life, he put his daughter Chandler in the front seat of the car without a seat belt on, before crashing it through the garage door and then driving full speed into a six-foot-high limestone pillar at the edge of the driveway. Like in the movie, he was high at the time.

Tommy Chong was Jordan Belfort's cellmate in prison and encouraged him to write the book. What was Jordan Belfort's punishment?

When he was finally arrested in 1998 for money laundering and securities fraud, Jordan Belfort was sentenced to four years in prison. This was after agreeing to wear a wire and provide the FBI with information to help prosecute various friends and associates. In the end, the true story reveals that he served only 22 months in a California federal prison. His cellmate in prison was Tommy Chong of "Cheech and Chong" fame, who was serving a nine month sentence for selling bongs. -TheDailyBeast.com

What inspired Jordan Belfort to write his memoir?

It wasn't so much a what as it was a who. Tommy Chong (one half of "Cheech and Chong") was Jordan Belfort's cellmate in prison. After laughing at some of Belfort's stories from his days running the firm, Chong encouraged him to write a book. -TheDailyBeast.com

Why is Jordan Belfort's memoir filled with so many exclamations?

Jordan Belfort attempted to model his writing after Hunter S. Thompson ( Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ), who was known for using plenty of exclamation points.

What happened to Belfort's partner, Danny Porush, portrayed by Jonah Hill in the movie?

Danny Porush, renamed Donnie Azoff for the movie and played by actor Jonah Hill, served 39 months in prison for his part in the corrupt dealings of Stratton Oakmont, the firm that he co-founded with Jordan Belfort. Porush currently runs a medical supply business in Florida, where he lives with his second wife Lisa in a $4 million mansion. A 2008 Forbes article pointed out his company's fraudulent tactics, which included trying to persuade people to order diabetic supplies and getting them to provide information about their physicians that could be used to bill Medicare. A number of complaints surfaced accusing Porush's company of sending unsolicited packages that were accompanied by unexpected Medicare charges. Back in 2001, Porush was arrested in connection to a fraud scheme surrounding Noble & Perrault Collectibles, a company that sold commemorative coins over the phone. Victims saw their credit cards charged repeatedly, at times for thousands of dollars, while often never receiving any merchandise for purchases that were largely unauthorized to begin with. -Sun Sentinel Enjoying a well-to-do life in Florida, Daniel Porush and his wife drive matching Rolls-Royce Corniche convertibles. With regard to The Wolf of Wall Street movie, Porush said, "I really have no comment other than to say I would never try to profit from a crime I'm so remorseful for." -NYPost.com

I heard that Jordan Belfort is a motivational speaker, is that true?

How much did Jordan Belfort earn from his books and the movie?

Catching the Wolf of Wall Street includes more of Belfort's outrageous stories that were not included in his first book. As we investigated The Wolf of Wall Street true story, we discovered that Jordan's books, The Wolf of Wall Street and Catching the Wolf of Wall Street , netted him a $1 million advance from Random House. He also earned $1 million for the film rights to his story ( TheDailyBeast.com ). In a response to criticism over these profits and future profits from the movie, Jordan Belfort said the following via his Facebook page, "I am not turning over 50% of the profits of the books and the movie, which was what the government had wanted me to do. Instead, I insisted on turning over 100% of the profits of both books and the movie, which is to say, I am not making a single dime on any of this." According to Jordan, the money is being used to pay back the millions still owed to those who were scammed by his brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont.

Does Jordan Belfort have a cameo in The Wolf of Wall Street movie?

Yes, the real Jordan Belfort appears at the end of the movie as the person who introduces Leonardo DiCaprio's character before he takes the stage at his Straight Line seminar.

Have any other movies been based on Jordan Belfort's story?

Yes, but only loosely. The brokerage firm in the movie Boiler Room , released in 2000, was inspired by the illegal practices of Jordan Belfort's Stratton Oakmont firm. In the movie, actor Ben Affleck portrays Jim Young, the Belfort-esque co-founder of the firm, who, like Jordan Belfort, trains his brokers in the "pump and dump" scheme. -NYTimes.com

Watch The Wolf of Wall Street movie trailer. Also, view Jordan Belfort interviews and home video footage of him speaking at a Stratton Oakmont party in the 1990s.

• Jordan Belfort's Website
• Danny Porush's Website (played by Jonah Hill)
• Mark Hanna's Website (played by Matthew McConaughey)
• The Wolf of Wall Street Official Paramount Movie Site

Biography of British model Nadine Caridi, ex-wife of Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort

Born 6 November 1962, former British model Nadine Caridi is the ex-wife of infamous American stock market mogul Jordan Belfort, who somewhat became a persona non-grata for his shady business, lifestyle and substance abuse. Nadine was married to Belfort for over a decade before they went their separate ways.

Nadine began her career as a model and had considerable success. She became the poster girl of beer brand Miller Lite. In the course of her reign, she featured in various national campaigns that included ads of Monday Night Football. However, it was her relationship with Belfort that brought her to the limelight.

Nadine and Belfort first under what you could call an interesting circumstance. She was introduced to him during one of his customary lavish parties by her then-boyfriend, Alan Wilzig. They soon started a relationship that went on for years before they could get married, as Belfort was also married at the time.

Following Belfort’s divorce from his wife, he got married to Nadine. The couple had two children together in the course of their 14-year marriage. Belfort’s substance abuse and extramarital affairs led to their separation in 2005, after which Nadine married John Macaluso, a former entrepreneur from New York and CEO of Wizard World.

She has remained with him ever since, forming a large family of five children (two from Nadine’s marriage to Belfort and three from John’s previous marriage). Want to know more about Nadine Caridi? Keep reading. We will dive right in after sharing the following ten facts about her.

10 interesting facts about Nadine Caridi

• Renowned as the Duchess of Bay Ridge, Nadine was born in London, England, and holds British and American citizenship. She moved to Brooklyn, New York, with her parents when she was just a kid.
• Nadine had a yacht named after her. As a romantic gesture to his wife, her husband bought a yacht from Coco Chanel and named it Nadine. The yacht eventually sank in the sea near Sardinia’s east coast due to bad weather.
• Nadine started her career as a model. She was the poster girl of Miller Lite beer, and her beauty earned her contracts from television stations. Her modelling career ended after her marriage to Belfort.
• Nadine loves Italian cuisine. She also enjoys reading and watching movies in her spare time. She particularly loves Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock.
• Asides from Jordan being a drug user and philanderer, he also physically assaulted Nadine. This was part of the reasons she decided to leave him.
• Nadine went back to school in the early 2010s. She completed her PhD in Somatic and Depth Psychology in 2015.
• Her failed marriage to Belfort didn’t discourage her. She found love again and married John Macaluso, an ex-CEO of Wizard Global.
• She is an active member of the P.S. I Love You Foundation, which provides enrichment, social and emotional learning programs.
• Nadine is a dog lover. She owns two poodles, and one of them is named Coco. She regularly shares photos of herself and her dogs on her social media.
• Nadine Caridi currently has a net worth of $5 million. She puts her money to good use through her philanthropic work.

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Early life, education and family

Nadine was born on 6 November 1962 in London, United Kingdom. Her parents were very young when she was born. Her mother, Suzanne Caridi, was 19 while her father was 20. Nadine’s parents’ union didn’t last long, and her mother had to raise her and her siblings by herself.

Although she is England-born, no information about her early life in England is available. When she was very young, her parents migrated to the US for better opportunities. As can be deduced from an Instagram post she made, her mother is late.

Upon arrival in the US, the family started living in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York. Nadine spent almost all her childhood and youth in New York. People recognise her as the “Duchess of Bay Ridge,” which Jordan used to call her.

Nadine Caridi had an interest in sports and fashion. She attended John Dewey High School in Southern Brooklyn and pursued her modelling career after then, as college education wasn’t quite her priority. She, however, returned to school in the early 2010s and completed her PhD in Somatic and Depth Psychology in 2015. Caridi also completed her Postdoctoral Training in the NeuroAffective Relational Model.

Nadine has a brother, Anthony Caridi, who loves baseball, and he is a big fan of The Brooklyn Dodgers. He currently owns a pizza restaurant in Brooklyn named AJ’s Brooklyn Pizza Joint. He resides in Vancouver BC, and is married to Morgan Caridi Gill, with two daughters.

As Jordan Belfort wife

Belfort was famous for throwing lavish parties with girls, alcohol and drugs. It was in one of such parties that Nadine first met him. Her then-boyfriend, Alan Wilzig, an American entrepreneur, semi-professional race car driver, restaurateur, and philanthropist, introduced them. Although Belfort was married to Denise Lombardo at the time, it didn’t stop them from getting attracted to each other and starting a relationship.

In 1991, not long after Belfort’s separation from his then-wife, he and Nadine exchanged their vows. Following their wedding, Nadine stopped modelling. She became a full-time housewife who would socialise from time to time. She went on to have two children with Belfort — a daughter, Chandler, and a son, Carter.

Belfort bought a luxury yacht that was originally built in 1961 for famous French fashion designer and businesswoman Coco Chanel, founder of the brand Chanel. He named the Yacht Nadine after his beloved wife. It, unfortunately, sank off the east coast of Sardinia in June 1996.

In the early 2000s, Belfort’s fast and shady life caught up with him, and he was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Already, there had been issues on the home front due to his lifestyle or drug abuse and philandering, coupled with domestic abuse. Eventually, Nadine left him in 2005.

Naomi Lapaglia — Naomi Wolf of Wall Street

In 2007, Belfort released a memoir titled  The Wolf of Wall Street , which Bantam Books published. The book was adapted into an American biographical black comedy crime film bearing the same title. The film, which Martin Scorsese directed, was released in December 2013. It had Leonardo DiCaprio in the role of Belfort while Australian actress Margot Robbie portrayed Nadine. Her name was, however, changed to Naomi Lapaglia in the film.

Nadine Caridi second husband

Following her divorce from Belfort, Nadine married a former entrepreneur from New York, John Macaluso, in Manhattan Beach. Macaluso, who was reported to be around 22 years older than Nadine, served as CEO of Wizard World. If what several reports claimed are anything to go by, she is living happily with her husband now. Their large family consists of three daughters of Macaluso from his first marriage, namely Frankie, Allie and Nicky, and two children of Nadine with Belfort.

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Jordan Belfort (Wiki)

Born  Jordan Ross Belfort  on 9 July 1962, Belfort is an American author, motivational speaker, a former stockbroker and convicted felon. He operated a sea-food and meat business in the 80s. When the company had to be closed down, as it lost money, Belfort started selling stocks in the year 1987. He put his selling expertise to use in a different field altogether when he commenced his work in a brokerage firm in 1987. Less than three years later, he started running his own investment company called Stratton Oakmont. Jordan and his partner Danny Porush became rich after using the infamous pump and dump scheme.

In 1999, he pled guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as part of a penny-stock scam. Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme. He published the memoir The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007, which was adapted into a film with the same name released in 2013.

Belfort’s restitution agreement required him to pay 50% of his income towards restitution to the 1,513 clients he defrauded until 2009, with a total of $110 million in restitution further mandated. About $10 million of the $110 million that had been recovered by Belfort’s victims as of 2013 was the result of the sale of forfeited properties.

Jordan Belfort first wife

Belfort married his first wife, Denise Lombardo, in 1985. They got divorced in 1991 but were already separated during his time running the Stratton Oakmont business. Denise Lombardo was born in the mid-1960s in Ohio. After completing high school, she enrolled at Towson University in 1987, where she studied Business Administration. She graduated in 1992.

She became popular due to her marriage to Belfort and even more so following their separation. After her divorce from Belfort, Lombardo worked in the sales department of Modern Medical Systems Company from 1993 till 2000. From 2000 to 2010, she worked in The Home Depot Company as a Flooring Specialist.

In 2010, Lombardo tried her hand at Real Estate. She earned her Real Estate license and became a Real Estate agent for the Prudential Douglas Elliman Company. Her career in Real Estate has been a successful one, but she is still always talked about in relation to Jordan Belfort. Denise is a very private person, so it is hard to tell if she has been involved in any other relationships or marriage after her first one.

Jordan Belfort net worth now

According to  Celebrity Networth , Jordan’s current net worth is – $100 million. He had to pay back $110 million of the $200 million that he stole from more than 1,500 clients. To date, he has only paid back around $10 million of the $110 million.

Nadine Caridi net worth

As of 2020, Nadine has an estimated net worth of around $5 Million. It is said that she uses a lot of her wealth for charity. There are no details of the divorce settlement between her and Belfort. One can however expect that she was handsomely rewarded.

The Duchess of Bay Ridge as she is now popularly called has had an eventful life. Despite her success as a model, her fame has come largely from her relationship with Jordan Belfort. Luckily, as messy as that story was, she has been able to forge a different life and she seems to have found fulfilment in it too.

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