CNBC’s 2007 profile of Jordan Belfort, the real Wolf of Wall Street, who’s being portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie of the same name. Here is a direct video link.
Unfortunately the tactics, behaviors, damage and waste in this story are fairly common. The finance culture is arguably worse today than it was in the late 90’s: years of staggering unjust enrichment, financial bailouts and few prosecutions have emboldened the actors. See: We saw “Wolf of Wall Street” with a bunch of Wall Street Dudes and it was disturbing.
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