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Jordan Belfort

1962 - Today

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Jordan Ross Belfort (; born July 9, 1962) is an American former stockbroker, financial criminal, and businessman who pleaded guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection with stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as part of a penny-stock scam in 1999. Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under which, becoming an informant for the FBI and wearing a wire, he gave testimony against numerous partners and subordinates in his fraud scheme. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jordan Belfort has received more than 29,030,628 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Jordan Belfort is the 74th most popular extremist (down from 54th in 2019), the 1,557th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,121st in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Extremist.

Jordan Belfort is most famous for being a wealthy stockbroker in the 1980s who defrauded investors of $200 million.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Jordan Belfort ranks 74 out of 283. Before him are Matteo Messina Denaro, Johnny Torrio, Gary Ridgway, Willi Herold, Charles Sobhraj, and Hermine Braunsteiner. After him are Frank Sheeran, Shamil Basayev, Ma Barker, Emperor Norton, Wadie Haddad, and Matija Gubec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jordan Belfort ranks 43. Before him are Matteo Messina Denaro, Milo Đukanović, Matthew Broderick, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Dino Merlin, and Christiane F.. After him are Gerardo Martino, Kirk Hammett, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Dave Gahan, Emilio Estevez, and Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jordan Belfort ranks 1,557 out of 20,380. Before him are Helen Hunt (1963), Art Blakey (1919), Frank Langella (1938), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Danielle Steel (1947), and Michael Dudikoff (1954). After him are Eleanor H. Porter (1868), Chris Cooper (1951), Burt Bacharach (1928), Ken Kesey (1935), Vint Cerf (1943), and Louis Ignarro (1941).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Jordan Belfort ranks 21. Before him are George Jung (1942), Edmund Kemper (1948), Butch Cassidy (1866), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Dennis Rader (1945), and Gary Ridgway (1949). After him are Frank Sheeran (1920), Ma Barker (1873), James Earl Ray (1928), Susan Atkins (1948), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), and Whitey Bulger (1929).

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