“I tell everyone that works for me not to look down on people. If you're nice to people and take a minute to talk with them, it's good for business whether or not they buy anything. Just because they don't look like they have money doesn't mean they're poor.”

American businessman and reality television personality

Rick Harrison is an American businessman and reality television personality. Born Richard Kevin Harrison, he is best known as the owner of the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop and as a familiar face on the History series Pawn Stars. He opened the shop with his father, Richard Benjamin Harrison, in 1989, and the two co-owned it until his father’s death in 2018. His public profile comes from the pawn shop business and the television series built around it.