jordan wbelford, made infamous on the big screen by leonardo dicaprio. >> i've been a rich man and i'veeen a poor man. and i choose rich every [ bleep ]ing time. >> what kind of money were you making? >> a million a week, about. >> reporter: he began his climb up the finance food chain as a stock broker in the 1980s, from penny stocks to multi-million dollar deals. >> i'm a born salesman. i have an ability naturally, from the first time i opened my mouth, to sell. the words came out perfectly. >> reporter: eventually running his own firm, stratford oakmont. the cash fell like rain. his appetites exceeded his income. >> voracious appetite to spend money, which i no longer have. >> on what? >> sex, drugs recognition and roll. houses, cars, boats. dinners, wine, champagne. i don't even like champagne. >> reporter: living the life of stereotypical '80s wall street excess, think gordon gekko. >> greed, for lack of a better word, is good. >> reporter: with wilder parties. >> i think it's about money, first. but certainly about sex and drugs. it was an alternative universe. people having sex u