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What is Les Gold’s net worth and Salary?

Les Gold, the third-generation pawnbroker and charismatic patriarch of American Jewelry and Loan, has a net worth of $5 million. He gained fame for his appearances on the TruTV reality series “Hardcore Pawn.”

Les Gold’s Background and Career

Leslie (Les) Gold was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 20, 1950. He comes from a family of pawnbrokers, as his grandfather had owned a pawnshop called “Sam’s Loans” in Detroit. At the age of seven, Les made his first sale at his grandfather’s shop. When he was 12, he started his own business selling pizza slices to his classmates at The Hebrew School in Michigan. In 1978, Les opened his first pawn shop, American Jewelry and Loan, at the Green Eight Shopping Center on 8 Mile Road in Oak Park, Michigan. In 1993, he moved the store to its current location, a former bowling alley on Greenfield Road in Detroit.