Jordan Belfort is an American author and motivational speaker who rose to fame in the late 1990s, when he was involved in stock market fraud and white collar crime. He is often referred to as the "Wolf of Wall Street" and was the subject of the 2013 biographical film of the same name. Belfort has since become a successful motivational speaker and has written several books, including The Wolf of Wall Street and Catching the Wolf of Wall Street.