Daniel Milstein ( uk, Дэн Мильштейн; born November 8, 1975) is a

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entrepreneur. Milstein’s 2013 autobiography ''17 Cents and a Dream'' detailed his family’s emigration from Ukraine on the day the country affirmed its independence from the then-USSR. He is the Founder and CEO of Gold Star Financial Group, NHL agent with Gold Star Hockey. He is the founder and owner of Gold Star group, which includes Gold Star Financial Group and Gold Star Sports. Notable clients include Pavel Datsyuk,

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and Ilya Mikheyev.

Early life and education

Daniel Milstein was born to a

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family in Kiev, Ukraine, which was then known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He was 10 years old when the Chernobyl nuclear plant blew up 78 miles north of his home in Kiev, Ukraine, forcing a mandatory evacuation in 1986 and eventually political refugee status. He then moved to America. Milstein wrote ''17 Cents and a Dream,'' about his family’s emigration to the United States. He wrote about his family’s arrival and starting from nothing to building Gold Star Companies. Milstein has written three other books including ''Rule #1 Don’t Be #2'', released in 2017.

Career

Milstein graduated from

Cleary University Cleary University is a private university focused on business education with its main campus in Livingston County, Michigan. It also has an education center located in Detroit. Cleary University offers certificate, ABA, BBA, MS, and MBA programs. ...

before founding Gold Star Financial Group in 2000. The company began as a mortgage provider based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Milstein didn’t engage in the subprime bubble and had significant growth during the 2008 mortgage crisis. They were on ''Inc''.’s 2009 list of 500 Fastest-Growing privately-held companies and ''Crain's'' named Milstein on their list of "40 Under 40”. /sup> Milstein was a friend and interpreter of Pavel Datsyuk before becoming his agent and managed negotiations for Datsyuk’s retirement from the NHL. After that, Milstein became the agent for several other Russian NHL players. In December 2016, Milstein (as Gold Star Sports Management) stepped in during

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’s contract negotiation with the

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. The Blackhawks and Panarin agreed to a two-year extension worth $12 million; Panarin was later traded to the

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. Danis Zaripov was represented by Milstein in negotiations with the NHL after being banned by the IIHF. Zaripov was declared eligible to play in September 2017. Milstein represents several other Russian players including Nikita Zaitsev, Nikita Zadorov, Alexey Marchenko, Andrei Mironov,

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, Ilya Mikheyev, Mikhail Sergachev, Klim Kostin and

. His Hockey clientele also includes

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winner Andrei Vasilevskiy of the

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and

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winner and Tampa Bay teammate

both of whom signed eight-year contract extensions for $76 million each.

Bibliography

*''The ABC of Sales: Lessons from a Superstar'' (2011) GoldStar Publishing, MI. *''17 Cents and a Dream: My Incredible Journey from the USSR to Living the American Dream'' (2013) GoldStar Publishing, MI. * ''Street Smart Selling: How to Be a Sales Superstar'' (2014) GoldStar Publishing, MI. * ''Rule #1 Don’t be #2 (2007) GoldStar Publishing, MI.''

References

External links

Gold Star Financial Group
{{DEFAULTSORT:Milstein, Daniel 1975 births Living people Businesspeople from Kyiv Cleary University alumni Writers from Ann Arbor, Michigan Ukrainian non-fiction writers Ukrainian SSR emigrants to the United States Businesspeople from Ann Arbor, Michigan