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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Danny_PorushDanny Porush - Wikipedia

    Daniel Mark Porush (born February 1957) is an American businessman, former stock broker and convicted criminal who helped run a pump and dump stock fraud scheme in the 1990s at the Stratton Oakmont brokerage in collaboration with Jordan Belfort.

  2. Apr 2, 2024 · Danny Porush was one of the founders of Stratton Oakmont, the infamous brokerage behind the multi-million dollar “pump and dump” stock fraud scheme. Learn about his rise and fall, his involvement in another fraud operation, and his personal life.

    • Austin Harvey
  3. Dec 26, 2013 · But Danny Porush, a close friend and partner of Belfort's between 1988 and 1996 wants to set the record straight. In an interview with Mother Jones, he confesses some of the things he and...

    • Anna Klassen
  4. Feb 6, 2024 · Danny Porush was a stockbroker and friend of Jordan Belfort who helped him run Stratton Oakmont, a notorious brokerage firm. He was portrayed by Jonah Hill in the film as Donnie Azoff, a character who combined several real-life people.

    • Jonathon Norcross
    • 2 min
    • Martin Scorsese
    • 18
    • Belfort's wives' names were changed for the film. Although their real-life counterparts are obvious, the names of Jordan Belfort's ex-wives were changed in the film, giving the filmmaker creative license with the characters.
    • The original crew Belfort recruited from friends are composite characters. Although Belfort recruited the original crew for his Long Island brokerage firm from a group of friends; Alden "Sea Otter" Kupferberg (Henry Zebrowski), Robbie "Pinhead" Feinberg (Brian Sacca), Chester Ming (Kenneth Choi), and Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff (PJ Byrne) are composite characters with fictitious names.
    • Donnie Azoff doesn't exist, his real-life counterpart is Danny Porush. Jonah Hill's character Donnie Azoff in "The Wolf of Wall Street" doesn't exist. He is a composite character created to avoid defaming anyone while making the film.
    • Danny Porush's wife introduced Jordan Belfort to her husband. In "The Wolf of Wall Street," Donnie Azoff (Danny Porush's fictional counterpart) approaches Belfort at a restaurant about what he does for a living, after seeing Belfort's Jaguar in the parking lot.
  5. Jan 17, 2019 · Daniel Mark “Danny” Porush is an American businessperson and erstwhile stockbroker who, along with his friend and boss Jordan Belfort, conducted a "pump and dump" stock fraud scheme in the 1990s.

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  7. Feb 15, 2024 · Danny Porush told Bustle that most of the film is completely fictitious, claiming that nobody in real life ever called Belfort the "Wolf" nor was there any throwing of little persons or chimpanzees that took place in the office.