Jordan Belfort Quotes

Jordan Belfort, the ruthless stockbroker, can be described as the modern day Midas in many ways. For example, he used and taught his workers his “Kodak pitch” to get investors in which they charm and sugar coat details until the investors take the bait (Solomon). Like Midas, Jordan Belfort uses kindness for the wrong reasons. Nonetheless, his greed shows through this technique because he is using it get more investors which equals more money. He makes eighty-five thousand dollars a year with his scams but eventually gets convicted of money laundering and security fraud (Kolhatkar 72). Like Midas, he gets lots of money and faces the consequences of his actions. The average pay he got shows he used this scam repeatedly and filled himself
with the deception of greed. He regrets doing what he did in the past because he feels bad when people call him a convicted stock swindler. Similarly, just as Midas regrets his wish by killing his daughter, Jordan Belfort regrets doing scams because he continually still gets called a convicted stock swindler. This shows that he may have changed but everyone else may still be weary of him. Midas and Jordan Belfort similar because their greed ended up with them feeling lots of regret.