Gold attended a Montessori education preparatory academy from the age of 2, and Torrey Pines High School in his hometown of Del Mar, California.

[5] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Soka University in Tokyo, Japan, where he studied economics, psychology, and philosophy, graduating summa cum laude in 1994.

[11] In 1982, 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.

[5] In 1984, he was cast as the starring character of John in the world premiere of the musical Peter Pan[13] at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.

From the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, Gold also worked as voice-over artist for the Disney Channel, as a print model for PUMA sportswear and Versace men's underwear, as an actor in Duncan Hines commercials, and appeared on an NBC television special with Clint Eastwood.

[18][19] 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.

[29] In 2018, Tina Turner told The New York Times that Gold's Living Wabi Sabi was one of her all-time favorite books of inspiration.

"[31] Theroux showed that, as Gold predicted, "they will likely give you a polite shrug and explain that Wabi Sabi is simply unexplainable.

and Gold's other works have been cited by various authors including in the books Even June Cleaver Would Forget The Juice Box[33] and Wisdom For The Soul.

[35] Gold has written essays for magazines and newspapers including The Advocate,[36] the World Tribune, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Parabola,[37] and Beliefnet.

The dialogue became Wayne Shorter's final published work during his lifetime, and appears in the book "Slavery and Its Consequences," which was edited by Rev.

The company provided a VoIP system enabling desktop and laptop users to send and receive phone calls over the Internet.

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

During his childhood, high school, and university years, he lived on four continents including Del Mar, California, in North America; Tokyo, Japan, in Asia; Canberra and Brisbane in Australia; and Salamanca, Spain, in Europe.