The Real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Is Coming to Dubai

The notorious Jordan Belfort, now immortalized in gold screen glory by the fast-talking, hard-selling Leonardo DiCaprio, will be gracing the Arabian Business Forum in Dubai on May 19.

Belfort was in the business of moving billions in the 90’s, pocketing a personal fortune worth over $50 million a year from pushing penny stocks, often to hard-working, low-earning clients who lost their life savings on his ventures.

He was eventually charged with stock market manipulation and cut a deal whereby he served only 22 months in jail in exchange for informing on his co-conspirators and employees.

The self-styled ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ – Belfort wrote a best-selling memoir of the same name – will give the keynote address at the Arabian Business Forum, where he will share how he has rebuilt himself after his remarkable downfall.

“Using his life as the ultimate tale, Jordan Belfort provides the audience with a visceral, gut-wrenching account of the disastrous consequences of failed ethics,” his Twitter account states.

For tickets, contact Amanda.Elisha@itp.com.

WE SAID THIS: Check out Belfort’s website here.