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Jordan Belfort, the man whose life ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is based on, is writing a TV show about Wall Street in the 1980s._ by [Bijan Stephen](https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Sep 6, 2014 6:56 PM UTC  Motivational speaker Jordan Belfort speaks on 'The Art of Prospecting' at a real estate agents' conference at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on June 1, 2014 on the Gold Coast, Australia. Motivational speaker Jordan Belfort speaks on 'The Art of Prospecting' at a real estate agents' conference at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on June 1, 2014 on the Gold Coast, Australia. Newspix—Newspix via Getty Images by [Bijan Stephen](https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Sep 6, 2014 6:56 PM UTC Jordan Belfort—the real life “Wolf of Wall Street”—made headlines after his debauched tell-all memoir was made into a movie in 2013, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Now, Belfort appears to be riding the wave of fame to a new chapter: The Tampa Bay _Times_ [reports](http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/wolf-of-wall-street-to-kick-off-us-redemption-tour-at-ruth-eckerd/2196388) Belfort’s embarking on a national “redemption” tour, which begins September 15th in Clearwater, Fl. Belfort’s 52 now, and lives near Los Angeles; since his release from prison, Belfort’s made a name for himself on the motivational speaking circuit, and has been working for companies like Delta Air Lines, Deutsche Bank and Symantec, among others. He’s even just returned from a worldwide tour, where he spoke from South Africa to Canada. He might be apologetic, but who knows. In May, Belfort spoke to a crowd in Dublin, Ireland. As the _Irish Examiner_ [reported](http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/hungry-like-the-wolf-jordan-belfort-fails-to-impress-in-dublin-270485.html): “Getting rich is f\*\*\*\*\*\* easy,” Belfort said then. “Eight years ago I had zero; this year I’m going to make $100m gross.” \[[_Tampa Bay Times_](http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/wolf-of-wall-street-to-kick-off-us-redemption-tour-at-ruth-eckerd/2196388)\] ## Transcript Jordan Belford, the former stock broker who made millions of dollars by cheating his customers. What seems amazing at first becomes common place after awhile. You don't lose your soul all at one, you lose it a little bit at a time incrementally, you know? Or as you may know him, The Wolf of Wall Street, has a new job. The man the movie is based on is going into the TV business. Rush Hour director, Brett Ratner and James Packer, an Australian billionaire. The plan is to make this This is the greatest company in the world! into a TV show. In what outlets are describing as a Mad Men style program, Belfort aims to bring the excesses of Wall Street in the 1980s to the small screen. Belfort told the Australian, the idea was to come up with a show about that period with really interesting characters, and so my manager pitch the idea to Brett Ratner. Who fell in love with it. If the movie is any indication, Belfort's show will be a huge success. The Wolf or Wall Street has become Martin Scorsese's highest grossing film ever, raking in more than $ 390 million worldwide. It also earned Leonardo DiCaprio an Oscar odd. The story and all its extravagance is mostly true. Belford was convicted of defrauding hundreds of investors with a pump and dump scheme and went to jail for 22 months in 2003. But, he has since become an author and motivational speaker, and plans to make $ 100 milllion in 2014, though at least half of that goes into a $ 110 million victim compensation fund Belford still owes his victims. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3282236/wolf-of-wall-street-florida/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3282236/wolf-of-wall-street-florida/"},"headline":"Wolf of Wall Street Will Begin U.S. 'Redemption Tour' in Florida","datePublished":"2014-09-06T18:56:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:40.282Z","description":"Even as a motivational speaker he's still a wolf","url":"https://time.com/3282236/wolf-of-wall-street-florida/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e37d6097cbb6f00/6986a24406f2c10f0e330995/jordan-belfort.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bijan Stephen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e37d6097cbb6f00/6986a24406f2c10f0e330995/jordan-belfort.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jordan Belfort Speaks At The Gold Coast Convention Centre","caption":"Jordan Belfort Speaks At The Gold Coast Convention Centre","creditText":"Newspix—Newspix via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3282236/wolf-of-wall-street-florida/","name":"Wolf of Wall Street Will Begin U.S. 'Redemption Tour' in Florida"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Real Wolf of Wall Street Is Co-Writing A TV Show","description":"Jordan Belfort, the man whose life ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is based on, is writing a TV show about Wall Street in the 1980s.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/8JvrYh26/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-19T17:42:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8JvrYh26.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3282236/wolf-of-wall-street-florida/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3282236/wolf-of-wall-street-florida/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```