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For other people with the same surname, see Madoff (surname). For the miniseries, see Madoff (miniseries). Bernard Lawrence Bernie Madoff (/ËmeÉªdÉf/; born April 29, 1938) is an American fraudster and a former stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier. He is the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, and the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered the largest financial fraud in U.S. history.
Madoff grew up in the predominantly Jewish neighbourhood of Laurelton in Queens, N.Y. After spending his freshman year at the University of Alabama, he earned a degree (1960) in political science from Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.