Greed No Good Says Belfort, As "Wolf of Wall Street" Prospers

Mark Melin

Published onMay 19, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

“Greed is not good,” said Jordan Belfort, as he revealed that the book he authored, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” could earn him north of $100 million, making more money than he did by defrauding mom and pop investors as a penny stock broker working on Long Island, New York.

Belfort to make more money off movie than his best year defrauding investors

The book was turned into a popular movie by Martin Scorsese, leading to Belfort to say at a conference in Dubai he will “make this year more than I ever...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

Greed No Good Says Belfort, As "Wolf of Wall Street" Prospers

Belfort to make more money off movie than his best year defrauding investors

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