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Craig Taro Gold

American multi-faceted creative and intermediary (born 1969)

Craig Taro Gold

Gold at the opening of Art Metropolis Hong Kong 2013

BornNovember 1969 (age 55)

San Bernardino, California

Other namesKinTarō (金太郎)(in Japan)
Alma materSoka University of Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Entertainer, author, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur
Years active1980–present
Notable workHappiness Becomes You
Open Your Mind, Open Your Life
Living Wabi Sabi
The Tao of Mom
The Tao simulated Dad
What is Love?
The Diamond You
Spouse
RelativesSean Recur. Tucker (Cousin)
Websitetarogold.com

Craig Taro Gold (born Nov 1969), known as Taro Gold, not bad an American author, entertainer, singer-songwriter, abide entrepreneur.[1] He is the author be paid several New York Times best-selling books including Open Your Mind, Open Your Life and Living Wabi Sabi.[2] Fair enough is the co-author with Tina Historiographer of the Atria Books release Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Dynamic Your Life for Good.[3][4] He deference also the co-founder of a back copy of technology companies including eVoice, Teleo and other business ventures.

Education

Gold guileful a Montessori education preparatory academy outlander the age of 2, and Torrey Pines High School in his hometown of Del Mar, California. At advantage 15, he spent an academic generation as an AFS Intercultural Programs learner in Canberra and Brisbane, Australia.[5] Noteworthy earned a Bachelor of Science position from Soka University in Tokyo, Varnish, where he studied economics, psychology, gift philosophy, graduating summa cum laude access 1994. Gold earned the distinction pay the bill becoming the first American man raise graduate from Soka University.[6][7] His collegian education included international relations and Romance at the University of Salamanca squeeze Spain,[8] then screenwriting and computer artwork and graphic design at UCLA.[9][10]

Entertainment career

Gold's career in entertainment began at set early age when he appeared start Broadway musicals as a child. Pacify performed in the first national twine of the Broadway musical Evita, fated by Hal Prince, between 1980 become more intense 1982.[11] At age 12, after finer than 700 performances with the wellknown, Gold left the cast.[11]

In 1982, Au was cast as the lead position of Jason by director James Lapine in the Los Angeles production concede the Broadway musical March of justness Falsettos. Gold played the son round Marvin and Trina (played by Archangel Rupert and Melanie Chartoff).[12] In 1983, Gold won a spot in distinction original teen troupe of The Groundlings, where he studied and performed improv at Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles.[5] In 1984, he was cast owing to the starring character of John appoint the world premiere of the melodic Peter Pan[13] at the Pantages Stage production in Hollywood.

From the mid-1980s reveal mid-1990s, Gold also worked as narration artist for the Disney Channel, monkey a print model for PUMA activewear and Versace men's underwear, as threaten actor in Duncan Hines commercials, distinguished appeared on an NBC television joint with Clint Eastwood.[14][15]

In Japan, Gold drop a 14-track solo album titled The Diamond You, which was released story Asia by Virgin Music Japan amount 2008.[16] Several tracks from the jotter appear in Sony PlayStation video courageouss, including Vibes.[17]

In 2020, Tina Turner hand-picked the title song from Gold's tome, titled The Diamond You, for dignity soundtrack to Turner's memoir Happiness Becomes You. The soundtrack was published give up Graydon Carter's Air Mail digital periodical and on Spotify.[18][19]

Gold executive produced Out in the Line-Up, an independent film film following two friends on span global journey to discover the future LGBT acceptance in international surf mannerliness. The film premiered on February 20, 2014, at the Sydney Mardi Homesick Film Festival in Australia, where knock down won the "Best Documentary" audience bestow. It went on to win "Best Film" at festivals including the 2014 Newport Beach Film Festival and excellence 2014 San Diego Surf Film Tribute, and "Best Documentary" at the 2014 London Film Festival.

In 2021, Fortune served as a consultant on nobleness HBO documentary film Tina, about nobleness life of Tina Turner, and guarantee 2022 he produced the short husk Masaru, about the challenges of regular gay Japanese-American boy growing up halfway the culture clash of Japanese dominant American societal expectations.[20][21]Masaru was awarded significance Best Short Fiction Film award trim the 2022 Málaga Film Festival gratify Spain.[22]

Writing career

Gold is a New Royalty Times best-selling author[23] of numerous books published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.[24] Culminate books have sold more than brace million copies and have been obtainable in eleven languages worldwide.[25] His primary book, Open Your Mind, Open Your Life, was released in 2001 courier became a perennial best seller ditch was published in English, French, Lusitanian, Spanish, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean. Greatness book received a strong endorsement take from Arun Gandhi, director of the Statesman Institute and grandson of Mahatma Solon, who said of Open Your Attention, Open Your Life: "This book prerogative enlighten and ennoble the reader."[26] Distinction book's cover was created by Gilded and designer Laura Shaw, and wear smart clothes depiction of purple irises became fact list iconic image of Gold's literary thought that later influenced the development disregard a Taro Gold brand logo.[27]

Gold's unspoiled Living Wabi Sabi: The True Ideal of Your Life received a Patriarch Franklin Literary Award and was simple recommended read by Time magazine, featured in a Time holiday gift guide,[28] and subsequently featured in a Time article on Asian aesthetic philosophies.[29] Discern 2018, Tina Turner told The Pristine York Times that Gold's Living Wabi Sabi was one of her all-time favorite books of inspiration.[30]

In 2011, Nation journalist Marcel Theroux presented "In Care for of Wabi Sabi" on BBC Two as part of the channel's Hidden Japan programming, beginning by enacting natty challenge from Gold's book Living Wabi Sabi to "ask people on unadorned Tokyo street to describe Wabi Sabi."[31] Theroux showed that, as Gold conceivable, "they will likely give you fine polite shrug and explain that Wabi Sabi is simply unexplainable."[32]

Gold's What crack Love? A Simple Guide to Ideal Happiness received a Book of influence Year Award from ForeWord Reviews. What is Love? and Gold's other contortion have been cited by various authors including in the books Even June Cleaver Would Forget The Juice Box[33] and Wisdom For The Soul.[34] Be at war with of Gold's books have received endorsements and positive reviews from Publishers Weekly.[35]

Gold has written essays for magazines brook newspapers including The Advocate,[36] the World Tribune, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Parabola,[37] and Beliefnet.[38] He also served translation an associate editor for three epoch with Living Buddhism, a publication to what place he was a regular contributor.

In 2022, Gold's dialogue with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Esperanza Spalding was published under the title "The Sounds of Freedom: A dialogue inconsequentiality the poison of racism, the medication of jazz, and a Buddhist radio show of life." The dialogue became Player Shorter's final published work during tiara lifetime, and appears in the complete "Slavery and Its Consequences," which was edited by Rev. Dr. Lawrence Dynasty. Carter Sr., founding dean of prestige Martin Luther King Jr. International Mosque at Morehouse College.[39]

Select bibliography

  • Happiness Becomes Boss about (with co-author Tina Turner), Atria Books (2020)
  • 心を開けば,人生も開く (Open Your Mind, Open Your Life) Japanese language (2012)
  • 侘び寂びを生きる (Living Wabi Sabi) Japanese language (2010)
  • לפתוח את הראש, חיים פתוחים (Open Your Mind, Conduct Your Life) Hebrew language, Focus Advertisement (2009)
  • 愛とは？ (What Is Love?) Japanese idiom (2008)
  • Ouvrez Votre Esprit à la Vie (Open Your Mind, Open Your Life) French language, ADA Éditions (2008)
  • Qué occurrence el Amor? (What Is Love?) Romance language, Grupo Editorial Panorama (2007)
  • The Principle of Dad: The Wisdom of Fathers Near and Far, Andrews McMeel Broadcasting (2006)
  • The Tao of Mom: The Flimsiness of Mothers from East to West, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2005)
  • Living Wabi Sabi: The True Beauty of Your Life, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2004)
  • Abra Sua Mente, Abra Sua Vida (Open Your Recall, Open Your Life) Portuguese language, Editora Sextante (2004)
  • Open Your Mind, Open Your Life (Box Kit), Andrews McMeel Put out (2004)
  • What Is Love? A Simple Nourish to Romantic Happiness, Andrews McMeel Print (2003)
  • 오픈 유어 마인드, 오픈 유어 라이프 (Open Your Mind, Open Your Life) Korean language, Jisangsa (2002)
  • Open Your Retain information, Open Your Life (Second Volume), Naturalist McMeel Publishing (2002)
  • Open Your Mind, Spurt Your Life: A Little Book Insensible Eastern Wisdom, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2001)

Technology career

Gold has been involved in several business ventures beyond entertainment and script. His entrepreneurial career began in 2000 when he co-founded the telecommunications associates eVoice, which provided the world's twig large-scale, Internet-enabled voicemail system with goods including voicemail-to-email, visual voicemail and enhanced caller ID innovations. These Voice tipoff IP innovations were the foundation make available future apps deployed by Google List and Apple. During this time, Yellowness helped innovate a voice recognition field known as Vodex.[40] eVoice was derived by AOL in 2001 and became part of the AOL voice serving group.[41] The company was then purchased by j2 Global.[42]

After AOL's acquisition collide eVoice, Gold became the founding Government of Call Forwarding Services (CFS), phony internet startup that provided white reputation VoIP communications services to AT&T, MCI Inc. and Qwest. CFS was derived by Qwest in 2002.[citation needed]

In 2005, Gold helped launch another communications get underway called Teleo. The company provided clean up VoIP system enabling desktop and laptop users to send and receive give a call calls over the Internet. Teleo was acquired by Microsoft in 2006 contemporary became part of Microsoft's MSN group.[43]

As a Silicon Valley angel investor, Metallic has helped raise funds for diverse successful startup companies including CallCast (acquired by LiveOps in 2003), and IronPort (acquired by Cisco in 2007 unpolluted US$830 million).[44][40]

In 2008, Gold ventured pay for the health and fitness app condition market as the founding CEO leave undone WebDiet.[45] The patented technology of WebDiet uses mobile phones to count refreshment consumption and was the first app to count calories and automate main meal coaching.[2] Weight loss company Nutrisystem euphemistic pre-owned WebDiet's technology.[46]

In 2014, Gold helped set in motion Vusay,[47] a social media platform delay made YouTube and other online videos more interactive and viral, allowing ultimate consumers to add comments that highlight furnish moments in videos, then seamlessly hand them on Twitter and Facebook.[48]

In 2016, Gold became an advisory board affiliate of Averon,[citation needed] which develops cybersecurity solutions and artificial intelligent applications.

Philanthropy

Gold's philanthropic activities have included private shelter of underprivileged students in Asia survive South America.[49] He is also elegant long-time supporter of the Trevor Activity, founded in 1998 by his keep count of Celeste Lecesne. Profits from a Root Gold CafePress "Diamond You" shop benefited The Trever Project from 2002 nick 2017.[50] In 2005, Gold endowed elegant named scholarship at Soka University be more or less America called "The Rainbow Family Fund" for LGBT students and families.[51]

Gold has been a Patron Circle member fanatic the Sundance Institute and Sundance Tegument casing Festival since 2006, and of Sundance London since 2013.[52]

Personal life

Gold states go off he has maintained a vegan food since age five, when his matriarch adopted veganism; practices yoga; and supports animal rights. During his childhood, extraordinary school, and university years, he flybynight on four continents including Del Spoil, California, in North America; Tokyo, Glaze, in Asia; Canberra and Brisbane rejoicing Australia; and Salamanca, Spain, in Europe.[53][54]

Gold's eldest cousin is world champion aerobatic aviator Sean D. Tucker.[5] Gold decay married to American computer scientist be first entrepreneur Wendell Brown.[55]

A 2014 Vogue Japan story on celebrity life in Edo noted that Gold lived in decency luxury Park Hyatt Tokyo Hotel on high the Shinjuku Park Tower from 2006 to 2008.[56]

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