Danny Porush

Daniel Porush is a businessman and former stockbroker of American nationality. He has earned much of his fame after the release of the film-“The Wolf of Wall” where the character of “Donnie Azoff” is halfheartedly based on him.

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Biography and Early Life

Daniel Porush was born in February 1957 in Nassau Country to Jewish Family. One of his parents that is his father was a Doctor. Later after graduating, he enrolled at Boston University. He dropped out of the University because he was jumping from one job to another to set up small businesses during that period.

He spent 39 months of his life in prison due to running a fraud stock scheme in the 1990s. In 1986, he was married to his cousin Nancy and had three kids with her. But later on, they divorced each other, and in the same year, he again got married to Lisa Krause and had one child with her.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Danny Porush in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Danny Porush’s age is 64 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 7 February 1957. Though, he is 5′ 9″ in feet and inches and 175 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 167.5 lbs in Pound and 76kg in Kilograms.

Education

Daniel Porush had studied at “Lawrence Woodmere Academy.” He also pursued his college from the prestigious Dickinson college under Boston University but had dropped in the middle due to his business inclination.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

He was born and brought up in Lawrence, Nassau Country, New York. They believe in strong Jewish beliefs. He’s one of the parents was a doctor. Danny had married in the year 1986 to his cousin –“Nancy Porush” and had been gifted with three children. However, they failed to continue their love story and decided to part their ways in 2000. He then married Lisa in the same year on October 16, where they had a child. He also had happily welcomed his four stepchildren.

In 2006, he failed to pay child support, for which his first wife sued him. Later he claimed that he has no assets under his name and all that he had now belongs to his second wife.

Is Danny Porush Gay?

Danny had married once in 1986, but unfortunately, he and his partner parted after 14 years. However, he was lucky enough to find his love interest back in the same year he married. This clearly shows that he is straight and not gay for sure.

Professional Career

In the 1980s, Daniel helped Jordon Belfort to found Stratton Oakmont in New York. Porush was President, and Belfort was Chairman. Stratton Oakmont is specialized in underwriting initial public offering and selling penny stocks for small companies such as Dualstar technologies, Master Glazier’s Karate International, etc. In 1994 Belfort was barred from the company, so Daniel took over the CEO post of the company.

Earlier in 1989, Stratton Oakmont became the subject of various actions by NASD and SEC. It was determined that Stratton Oakmont is involved in the defraud scheme. In late December in 1996, the NASD permanently expelled the Stratton Oakmont.

During the federal indictment, both Belfort and Porush were found guilty of money laundering and security frauds in 1999. Porush was imprisoned for four years and forced to pay $200 million, and Belfort was sentenced to two years. Later in 2013, the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” was based on Porush’s character.

After the release of Porush in 2004, he has involved in Florida based medical company, Med-Care. In April 2013, the company was subjected to congressional fraud. In 2014 involvement of Porush with Medicare was cited. Porush and the other five personnel were involved in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging fraud Medicare claims in the same year.

In January 2014, FBI agents of the Florida fraud department raided the Medicare offices and removed files. On 16 January, a Medicare attorney filed a case in court to disqualify whistleblowers’ attorney for professional conflict of interest.

Awards

Porush had served in jail for nearly four years. He has not received any notable awards or achievements as of now.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Danny Porush in 2021

Daniel Porush is a famous world businessman; he had earned most of his name after releasing his loosely based biopic. As of 2021, his net worth comes out to be nearly $10 Million. He has earned most of his fortune through stock market trades and from businesses which are spread all around the world.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• He established a company, “Contemporary Courier” and astounded nearly $500000 in the year 1984.
• He had also started Sure Ride Ambulette Inc. in 1983 and Select Courier Inc. in 1985, which he sold in 1988.
• He was one of those businessmen who had nearly 100 companies under his umbrella worth almost billions.
• He also a soft heart for charity. He has contributed a lot to charity in several org, like South Florida Philanthropic and Business Community.
• Steve Madden was one of his very close friends in 1980s.
• Jonah Hill and his partner depicted his character by Leonardo DiCaprio in the film-“The Wolf Of Wall Street.

Daniel Porush or Danny Porush is an American Businessmen and a former stocker who got convicted for running a fraud stock in 1990 and later spent 39 months in prison. He was born to a doctor. He had been married twice, first to his cousin and later to his lover. He achieved the highest test score in the stockbroker series seven examination test in 1988. Later, when he was released from prison, he was involved in Med-Care company, a Florida-based medical company.