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Ari Gold of ‘Entourage’ is your next business guru

Wheeling and dealing: Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) and Nick Cassavetes in ‘Entourage’. — AFP pic, February 27, 2015.Wheeling and dealing: Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) and Nick Cassavetes in ‘Entourage’. — AFP pic, February 27, 2015.The fictional Hollywood powerhouse Ari Gold, agent to the stars on HBO series "Entourage," is penning a book of business and leadership tips called "The Gold Standard: Rules to Rule By."

Due out in May, the book — announced via a tongue-in-cheek press release from Hachette Books that ignores the author's fictional status — is to include Ari Gold's "unique, effective and, some would say, outrageous philosophies on running a successful business, client management, employee motivation, keeping a happy home life, and other keys to his many successes."

According to his publisher, Gold graduated from Harvard University before earning his MBA at the University of Michigan. The co-founder, former Senior Partner and co-CEO of Miller/Gold Talent Agency and former owner of Terrance McQuewick Agency lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.

Despite having retired from his career as a Hollywood agent in 2011, Ari Gold will be back on screens in June, when the feature film based on the seven-year, eight-season series that made him a star hits theatres.

Gold — that is, Jeremy Piven — Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly and other regular actors on the show will return alongside new cast members Billy Bob Thornton and Haley Joel Osment.

"The Gold Standard: Rules to Rule By" will be published May 12 and, for the tech-savvy and on-the-go professionals among us, will be available in electronic and audio editions. — AFP/Relaxnews, February 27, 2015.

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