Born in a Jewish family on 29th April 1938 in New York. Bernard Madoff one of the founders and chairmen of the Over-The-Counter Market in the United States NASDAQ (the world's third largest stock exchange, as regards capitalization), founded in 1971 quotes companies like Apple, Microsoft, Intel and many other. Embezzled his clients for a total amount of 65 billion dollars. 72-years-old Madoff has been known on Wall Street for almost 50 years. He started his company in 1960 and through the years became a major financial authority.