Craig Taro Gold was born on November 1969, and known as Taro Gold, is an American author, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and entrepreneur.
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31 Facts About Taro Gold
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Taro Gold is the author of several New York Times best-selling books including Open Your Mind, Open Your Life and Living Wabi Sabi.
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Taro Gold is the co-author with Tina Turner of the Atria Books release Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good.
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Taro Gold is the co-founder of a number of technology companies including eVoice, Teleo and other business ventures.
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Taro Gold attended a Montessori education preparatory academy from the age of 2, and Torrey Pines High School in his hometown of Del Mar, California.
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Taro Gold earned the distinction of becoming the first American man to graduate from Soka University.
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Taro Gold performed in the first national tour of the Broadway musical Evita, directed by Hal Prince, between 1980 and 1982.
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In 1982, Taro Gold was cast as the lead role of Jason by director James Lapine in the Los Angeles production of the Broadway musical March of the Falsettos.
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In 1983, Taro Gold won a spot in the original teen troupe of The Groundlings, where he studied and performed improv at Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles.
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In Japan, Taro Gold produced a 14-track solo album titled The Diamond You, which was released in Asia by Virgin Music Japan in 2008.
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In 2020, Tina Turner selected the title song from Taro Gold's album, titled The Diamond You, for the soundtrack to Turner's memoir Happiness Becomes You.
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Taro Gold executive produced Out in the Line-Up, an independent documentary film following two friends on a global journey to discover the emerging LGBT acceptance in international surf culture.
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In 2021, Taro Gold served as a consultant on the HBO documentary film Tina, about the life of Tina Turner, and in 2022 he produced the short film Masaru, about the challenges of a gay Japanese-American boy growing up between the culture clash of Japanese and American societal expectations.
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Taro Gold is a New York Times best-selling author of numerous books published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
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Taro Gold's books have sold more than two million copies and have been published in eleven languages worldwide.
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Taro Gold's book Living Wabi Sabi: The True Beauty of Your Life received a Benjamin Franklin Literary Award and was a recommended read by Time magazine, featured in a Time holiday gift guide, and subsequently featured in a Time article on Asian aesthetic philosophies.
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In 2018, Tina Turner told The New York Times that Taro Gold's Living Wabi Sabi was one of her all-time favorite books of inspiration.
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All of Taro Gold's books have received endorsements and positive reviews from Publishers Weekly.
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Taro Gold has written essays for magazines and newspapers including The Advocate, the World Tribune, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Parabola, and Beliefnet.
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Taro Gold served as an associate editor for three years with Living Buddhism, a publication where he was a regular contributor.
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Taro Gold has been involved in many business ventures beyond entertainment and writing.
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In 2005, Taro Gold helped launch another communications startup called Teleo.
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In 2008, Taro Gold ventured into the health and fitness app development market as the founding CEO of WebDiet.
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In 2016, Taro Gold became an advisory board member of Averon, which develops cybersecurity solutions and artificial intelligent applications.
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Taro Gold is a long-time supporter of the Trevor Project, founded in 1998 by his friend Celeste Lecesne.
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In 2005, Taro Gold endowed a named scholarship at Soka University of America called "The Rainbow Family Fund" for LGBT students and families.
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Taro Gold has been a Patron Circle member of the Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival since 2006, and of Sundance London since 2013.
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Taro Gold is married to American computer scientist and entrepreneur Wendell Brown.
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Taro Gold states that he has maintained a vegan diet since the age of 5 when his mother adopted veganism, that he practices yoga, and is an animal rights supporter.
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