Years ago when
I trained at Gold’s Venice I kept my professional legal career in entertainment
law working as the right hand to Arnold’s attorney Jake Bloom together with his
nephew Patrick Knapp Schwarzenegger a big secret. Just like Sylvester Stallone, Arnold was at the height of
his fame especially as a worldwide action movie star. He was, and will always be, one of the biggest stars both in the
bodybuilding world and the motion picture industry. I am a very loyal and trustworthy person. And at the time, being very loyal to Jake Bloom and Arnold Schwarzenegger, I didn’t want
anyone trying to use me for connections or insider information. There were only
a select few like my parents, Joe Gold (the “Gold” in Gold’s Gym), Patrick Knapp
Schwarzenegger and my German training partner Erika Andersch who know about it.
I was silently proud, however, that I had achieved that position of playing an
integral role in negotiating multimillion dollar movie and endorsement deals for
A-level talent all on my own merit. A skill and talent that later in my career I carried over into the niche of elite athlete endorsement deals for highly decorated Olympic athletes like Michael Phelps.
Thanks for this great photo Samir Bannout.
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