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Who owns Advantage Gold? Founder and CEO facts

Who owns Advantage Gold is easy to answer, since it is a privately held Austin, Texas LLC founded in 2014 and led by co-founder and CEO Kirill Zagalsky.

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Our top pick for first-time buyers

Minimum investment
$5,000
BBB rating
A+
Trustpilot
4.8 from 1,920 reviews
Account fees
$50 setup, $100 a year

Advantage Gold LLC is a privately held precious metals company headquartered in Austin, Texas, and it was founded in 2014. Co-founder Kirill Zagalsky serves as CEO and leads the company today.

This page covers who runs Advantage Gold, how long it has operated and what the structure means for a buyer, with every figure checked on September 29, 2026.

Company facts at a glance

The company’s About page, its homepage and the BBB profile give a consistent picture, and the table gathers it.

FactDetail
Legal nameAdvantage Gold LLC
StructurePrivately held limited liability company
Founded2014
CEO and co-founderKirill Zagalsky
Headquarters3600 W Parmer Ln, Suite 107, Austin, TX 78727
Reported salesover $1 billion in sales

The founder and CEO

Kirill Zagalsky co-founded Advantage Gold in 2014 and runs it as CEO today. A founder who is still in charge more than a decade later gives the company continuity, because the person who set the service standards is the person accountable for them today.

Advantage Gold reports over $1 billion in sales on its About page, which gives a sense of the scale a founder-led company has reached in that time.

A private company with a public record

Advantage Gold is privately held, so its shares do not trade on an exchange and there is no ticker to look up. The publicly traded page explains what that means for a customer in more detail.

What a private company can still offer is a public reputation record, and Advantage Gold has one. The BBB records its business as starting on June 5, 2014 and lists it as accredited since August 8, 2014, with an A+ grade. The Business Consumer Alliance rates it AAA, and buyers score it 4.8 on Trustpilot across 1,920 reviews. The is Advantage Gold reputable page puts those signals side by side.

What ownership means for your account

Who owns the dealer matters less for a gold IRA than it might seem, because the dealer does not hold your retirement money. A trust company acts as custodian, and Advantage Gold works with STRATA Trust Company and Equity Trust Company. The metal goes to an insured depository, either Brink's Global Services USA (Los Angeles or Salt Lake City) or Delaware Depository (Wilmington, DE).

Your account and your gold therefore sit with separate parties, while Advantage Gold supplies the metal and the account executive who guides you through the rollover. The full Advantage Gold review covers the rest of how the service works.

Who it fits, and who should look elsewhere

A founder-led private company fits a buyer who wants a named leader, a single account executive and a $5,000 starting point. That profile matches first-time buyers, which is why we list Advantage Gold as our top pick for them, and our fee calculator shows what the account would cost at your balance.

It fits less well if you want fees on the company’s own site, since Advantage Gold does not post a schedule there. It runs no live chat, so questions go by phone, email or the contact form, and metals bought outside an IRA carry a shipping and insurance charge on delivery. If any of those rules it out, compare matched companies against your balance.

To reach the company, start at Advantage Gold's site.

Common questions

Who owns Advantage Gold?

Advantage Gold LLC is a privately held company based in Austin, Texas. Kirill Zagalsky co-founded it in 2014 and serves as CEO.

Who is the CEO of Advantage Gold?

Kirill Zagalsky is the co-founder and CEO of Advantage Gold, according to the company's About page.

When was Advantage Gold founded?

Advantage Gold was founded in 2014, and the BBB lists its business start date as June 5, 2014.

Where is Advantage Gold based?

Advantage Gold is headquartered at 3600 W Parmer Ln, Suite 107, Austin, TX 78727.

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