Bio

Mr. Gold has served as Executive Chairman of Houlihan Lokey since 2013. Mr. Gold is one of Houlihan Lokey’s senior executives responsible for strategic planning, client relations and business development and manages the firm in conjunction with the other three members of the Office of the Executives. Mr. Gold co-founded the Company’s industry-leading Financial Restructuring practice and was the Global Co-Head of Financial Restructuring from 1988 until 2012. In that role, Mr. Gold has led many of the Company’s largest and most complex Financial Restructuring engagements, both in bankruptcy and out-of-court. Mr. Gold joined Houlihan Lokey in 1988. Mr. Gold has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since 1994. Previously, Mr. Gold has served as a director on the boards of Cole National Corporation, Advantica Restaurant Group, The Bibb Company and JPS Textile Group. Mr. Gold earned a B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Duke University and a J.D. from The University of Virginia Law School.