{{short description|American entrepreneur (born 1975)}} {{Infobox person | name = Daniel Milstein | image = DANIELMILSTEIN.jpg | caption = Milstein at the INC. 500 awards in 2009 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|11|8}} | birth_place = Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | education = Cleary University | employer = Gold Star Financial Group | occupation = Entrepreneur, author, founder & CEO of Gold Star Financial Group | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = [http://www.danmilstein.com/ DanMilstein.com] | footnotes = }}
'''Daniel Milstein''' ({{langx|uk|Даніель Мільштейн}}; {{langx|ru|Даниэль Мильштейн}}; born November 8, 1975) is an American entrepreneur of Jewish–Ukrainian origin, agent of many Russian NHL players.<ref name="Crains">{{cite news|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20091004/AWARDS40/310049994/daniel-milstein-33|title=C rain's 40 under 40: DANIEL MILSTEIN, 33|last1=Henderson|first1=Tom|date=October 4, 2009|work=Crain's (Detroit Business)|accessdate=20 May 2015|agency=Crain Communications}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Falkner|first=Mark|title=Northville's Dan Milstein turns 17 cents into hockey agency gold mine|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2020/08/22/northvilles-dan-milstein-turns-17-cents-into-hockey-agency-gold-mine/5509526002/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=The Detroit News|language=en-US}}</ref> 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, Nikita Kucherov and Ilya Mikheyev.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/141648/2017/10/30/custance-hockey-world-unsure-how-to-handle-agent-dan-milstein-as-he-takes-over/|title=Custance: Hockey world unsure how to handle agent Dan...|work=The Athletic|access-date=2017-11-21}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Daniel Milstein was born to a Ukrainian-Jewish family in Kyiv, Ukraine, then part the Soviet Union.<ref name="BookAward">{{cite news|url=http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/ann-arbor-authors-book-17-cents-and-a-dream-wins-an-award/|title=Ann Arbor author's book, '17 Cents and a Dream,' wins an award|last1=McKee|first1=Jenn|date=May 16, 2013|work=Ann Arbor News|accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref> He was 10 years old when the Chernobyl nuclear plant blew up 78 miles north of his home in Kyiv, Ukraine, forcing a mandatory evacuation in 1986 and eventually political refugee status. He then moved to United States.<ref name=":0" /> 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<ref name="Crains" /> ''Rule #1 Don’t Be #2'', released in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwbooks/article/Rule-1-Dont-Be-2-Wins-Beach-Book-Festival-Named-Runner-Up-in-New-York-Book-Festival-20170724|title=Rule #1 Don't Be #2 Wins Beach Book Festival, Named Runner Up in New York Book Festival|author=BWW News Desk|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Milstein graduated from Cleary University before founding Gold Star Financial Group in 2000. The company began as a mortgage provider based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.<ref name=":0" /> 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 Detroit Business NewsLetter'' named Milstein on their list of "40 Under 40 in Detroit”.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Nice companies finish first : why cutthroat management is over--and collaboration is in|last=Peter.|first=Shankman|date=2013|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0230341890|edition=1st|location=New York|oclc=797334609}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Milstein|first=Daniel|title=Daniel Milstein|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/daniel-milstein|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Entrepreneur|language=en}} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/1002946547 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/1002930432 cite #4 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC_bot/Job_18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-07 |title=DANIEL MILSTEIN |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/awards/daniel-milstein |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Crain's Detroit Business |language=en}}</ref>
Milstein was a friend and interpreter of Pavel Datsyuk before becoming his agent<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2011/05/02/106063232/disgusting-but-in-a-good-way|title=Disgusting But In a Good Way|last=Cazeneuve|first=Brian|date=May 2, 2011|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> 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 Artemi Panarin’s contract negotiation with the Chicago Blackhawks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-artemi-panarin-contract-blackhawks-spt-0108-20170107-story.html|title=Late agent switch doesn't derail Artemi Panarin's deal with Blackhawks|last=Hine|first=Chris Kuc, Chris|work=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2017-11-21|language=en-US}}</ref> The Blackhawks and Panarin agreed to a two-year extension worth $12 million; Panarin was later traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets. 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.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
Milstein represents several other Russian players including Ivan Demidov, Nikita Zaitsev, Nikita Zadorov,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-01 |title=Agent: Russian NHL players harassed, threatened |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33400401/agent-russian-born-nhl-players-says-clients-dealing-threats-discrimination-invasion-ukraine |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Alexey Marchenko, Andrei Mironov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Ilya Mikheyev, Mikhail Sergachev, and Klim Kostin. His Hockey clientele also includes Vezina Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy<ref>{{Cite web|last=Company|first=Tampa Publishing|title=When is $76 million a good deal for a goaltender? When it comes with a Stanley Cup|url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/lightning/2019/07/29/when-is-76-million-a-good-deal-for-a-goaltender-when-it-comes-with-a-stanley-cup/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en}}</ref> of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Hart Trophy winner and Tampa Bay teammate Nikita Kucherov<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Ken|title=Lightning ink Kucherov to eight-year, $76-million extension, but more work lies ahead|url=https://www.si.com/hockey/news/lightning-ink-kucherov-to-eight-year-76-million-extension-but-more-work-lies-ahead|access-date=2021-03-18|website=The Hockey News on Sports Illustrated|language=en}}</ref> both of whom signed eight-year contract extensions for $76 million each.<ref name=":0" />
==Bibliography== *''The ABC of Sales: Lessons from a Superstar'' (2011) GoldStar Publishing, MI. {{ISBN|0983552711}} *''17 Cents and a Dream: My Incredible Journey from the USSR to Living the American Dream'' (2013) GoldStar Publishing, MI. {{ISBN|0983552746}} * ''Street Smart Selling: How to Be a Sales Superstar'' (2014) GoldStar Publishing, MI. {{ISBN|978-0983552772}} * ''Rule #1 Don’t be #2 (2007) GoldStar Publishing, MI.'' {{ISBN|1947165038}}
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==External links== {{Authority control}} {{worldcat|id=np-milstein,%20daniel}} {{Portal bar|Ukraine|Business|Biography}}
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