Justin Timberlake 'puts his new music on hold' following Janet Jackson's documentary that will lift the lid on the 'Nipplegate' controversy Spider-Man star Tom Holland reveals he pitched young James Bond origin film but was rejected by 007 bosses because concept 'didn't make sense' Leonardo DiCaprio, 47, smooches bikini-clad girlfriend Camila Morrone, 24, as they pack on the PDA during St. He spent part of his ill-gotten gains on a 166-foot yacht - which sank - and a $175,000 sports car. In parts of the movie, a smirking Leonardo DiCaprio is seen crumpling up $100 bills and throwing them in the trash. Stratton Oakmont made a fortune by using deceptive, high-pressure tactics to peddle penny stocks at inflated prices.Īfter artificially pumping the value up, Belfort and others would dump their own shares before prices crashed.īelfort and his cronies ended up making more cash than they knew what to do with. The film chronicles the boyish, fast-talking Belfort's antics as chairman of Stratton Oakmont Inc., the firm he started with a few desks and phones set up in a former Long Island auto shop. He is a philanthropist who has donated over $1 million to the University of Pennsylvania. Mr Wilzig famously built a private racetrack in the front yard of his 275-acre property in Taghkanic, New York, and is also co-owner of the restaurant Kutsher’s Tribeca. In real life, Alan Wilzig–a semi-professional race car driver and former president of the Trust Company of New Jersey, owned by his father, Siggi Wilzig.

Super-dork: Alan Wilzig is best known for his accomplishments at the bank, which included nearly doubling its market value from $385 million, when he took over, to $752 million by the time he led its sale to North Fork Bank in 2004

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