Born in a Jewish family on the 29th April 1938 in New York Bernard Madoff one of the founders and chairmen of the over the counter market in the USA "NASDAQ" (the worlds third largest stock exchange, as regards capitalization), founded in 1971 quotes companies like Apple, Microsoft, Inlet and many other. Embezzled his clients for a total amount of ca. 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.