Les Gold Biography
Les Gold (Leslie “Les” Gold) an American pawnbroker, author, reality TV star, media personality, and speaker known for his role on cable and satellite television truTV’s reality series, Hardcore Pawn. He began his first business at age 12, where he bought pizzas and reselling them by the slice to fellow students at Hebrew School.
Les Gold Age
Gold was born on 20 June 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Les Gold Wiki
- Full Names: Leslie “Les” Gold
- Gender: Female
- Profession: pawnbroker, author, reality TV star, media personality, and speaker
- Nationality: American
- Ethnicity: White
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Date of Birth: 20 June 1950
- Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States.
- Body Measurements: Not Available
- Height / How Tall?: 6 feet 2 inches (1.87 m)
- Weight: 86 kg
- Father (Dad): Not Available
- Mother: Not Available
- Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Available
- Marital Status: Not Available
- Dating / wife: Lili Gold
- Children: Seth Gold and Ashley Broad.
- Net Worth:c$1 Million – $5 Million
- Salary:$ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Les Gold Seth Gold
His son Seth Gold an alumnus of the University of Michigan and a co-owner of American Jewelry from the time he graduated from school. He as well handles the store’s marketing division and claims that if it was not for him, the shop’s only marketing campaign would be “an ad in the Yellow Pages”.
Les Gold Net Worth
Gold has an estimated net worth of $5 million
Les Gold Pawn Shop
Back in 1978, he opened his own pawn shop, American Jewelry and Loan, at the Green Eight Shopping Center on 8 Mile Road in Oak Park.
He as at its present location on Greenfield Road in Detroit near 8 Mile back in 1993 and curren;y has over 50 people and serves about 1,000 customers a day.
For What It’s Worth Book Les Gold
Gold’s Book- an autobiography, For What It’s Worth: Business Wisdom from a Pawnbroker, was published on June 1, 2013 by Penguin/Portfolio. The book is based on his personal experience in establishing a successful pawn shop, and as well shares information on how he did it, and how anyone in any field can “think like a pawnbroker”.
The book got ranked #4 on The New York Times Best Seller list in the How-to, Advice, and Miscellaneous category for the week of June 30, 2013. It was as well ranked #8 in the Hardcover Business Books category for the month of July 2013.
Back on June 18, 2013, Gold, the book, and his “three simple steps to successful negotiation” were featured on ABC’s Good Morning America.
Les Gold Height and Weight
Gold stands tall at a height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.87 m) and weighs 86 kg.
Les Gold Family
Gold is grandson of a Jewish pawnbroker who once owned company “Sam’s Loans”, a now-defunct pawnshop on Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. More information about his family are publicly unavailable. However, this section will be updated as soon as this information is available.
Les Gold Wife
Gold married to Lili Gold back in 1975. The duo have 2 Children a son Seth Gold and a daughter Ashley Broad.
Les Gold Children
Gold along with his wife a son and a daughter Ashley who has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Michigan State University and earned her graduate diamond certification from the Gemological Institute of America. He is as well a co-owner of American Jewelry and has been working there for more than fifteen years, although she took three years off at one point for maternity leave.