Some people view The Wolf of Wall Street as a glorification of Jordan Belfort's lifestyle and want to be like him, as Scorsese portrays this life by its nature, enticing. In The Wolf of Wall Street, he's calling to hustle you at home and you don't even know it. In the first two films, the gangster is threatening and dangerous, but avoidable. Now, the gangsters are not just accepted by the system, but are considered to be an integral part of it. The gangsters were and will always be a part in America's system. In Goodfellas the gangsters are dangerous but they operate on a more underground level, in Casino they practically run a major city and can do whatever they like. It's no surprise that Scorsese is associated with the gangster genre with films such as The Departed, Goodfellas and Casino, of which the last two are possibly the best pure examples of the genre. But with the FBI watching him like a hawk, how long will Belfort and Azoff be able to maintain their elaborate wealth and luxurious lifestyles? - halo1k Belfort ultimately comes up with a scheme to stash their cash in a European bank. With the FBI onto Belfort's trading schemes, he devises new ways to cover his tracks and watch his fortune grow. That ultimately leads to Belfort featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine, being called "The Wolf Of Wall St.". They draw attention like no other, throwing lavish parties for their staff when they hit the jackpot on high trades. As their status grows, so do the amount of substances they abuse, and so do their lies.
So much that companies file their initial public offerings through them. Their company quickly grows from a staff of 20 to a staff of more than 250 and their status in the trading community and Wall Street grows exponentially. In the early 1990s, Jordan Belfort teamed with his partner Donny Azoff and started brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont.