American entrepreneur, investor, and author Robert Kiyosaki was born in Hilo, Hawaii, on April 8, 1947. His best-selling book “Rich Dad Poor Dad”—one of the all-time best-selling personal finance books—has sold millions of copies worldwide and is his most well-known work.
Growing up in Hawaii, Kiyosaki attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy in New York and earned a degree in marine engineering there in 1969. Later, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and participated in the Vietnam War as a helicopter gunship pilot.
Kiyosaki began his business career after leaving the military by working for Xerox Corporation. He then launched a company selling Velcro wallets. After that, he started making real estate investments and established Cashflow Technologies, Inc. to teach people about money.
The 1997 self-published “Rich Dad Poor Dad” book by Kiyosaki was an immediate hit. Since then, it has been translated into dozens of languages and has inspired a number of further publications and resources for financial education.
In addition to being a well-liked speaker, Kiyosaki has shared his financial knowledge on several TV and radio programs. Some financial experts have criticized him for advocating risky investment strategies, but his supporters applaud him for placing a strong emphasis on financial literacy and for taking an unconventional approach to wealth accumulation.
Kiyosaki launched multiple businesses, including the Rich Dad Company and Cashflow Technologies, in addition to his writing, lecturing, and real estate investing. Together with his wife, Kim Kiyosaki, he is currently a resident of Phoenix, Arizona.
Books Authored by Robert Kiyosaki:
- If You Want to Be Rich and Happy, Don’t Go to School?: Ensuring Lifetime Security for Yourself and Your Children
- Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
- Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Freedom
- Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest In That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
- Rich Dad’s Rich Kid, Smart Kid: Giving Your Children a Financial Headstart
- Retire Young Retire Rich: How to Get Rich Quickly and Stay Rich Forever!
- Rich Dad’s Prophecy: Why the Biggest Stock Market Crash in History Is Still Coming… and How You Can Prepare Yourself and Profit from It!
- Rich Dad’s Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Million-Dollar Business
- The Business School for People Who Like Helping People
- Rich Dad’s Who Took My Money? Why Slow Investors Lose and Fast Money Wins!
- Rich Dad’s Escape from the Rat Race: How to Become a Rich Kid by Following Rich Dad’s Advice
- Rich Dad’s Advisors: The ABC’s of Building a Business Team That Wins
- Rich Dad’s Advisors: The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing
- Rich Dad’s Advisors: The ABC’s of Real Estate Investing
- Rich Dad’s Rich Brother Rich Sister: Two Different Paths to God, Money and Happiness
- Rich Dad’s Success Stories: Real Life Success Stories from Real Life People Who Followed the Rich Dad Lessons
- Rich Dad’s Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money
- Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education
- Rich Dad’s Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money
- Why A Students Work for C Students and B Students Work for the Government: Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Education for Parents
- Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich and Why Most Don’t
- Second Chance: for Your Money, Your Life and Our World
- 8 Lessons in Military Leadership for Entrepreneurs
- The Real Book of Real Estate: Real Experts. Real Stories. Real Life.
- Rich Dad’s Who Owns the Information Owns the World
- More Important Than Money: An Entrepreneur’s Team
- Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens: The Secrets about Money–That You Don’t Learn in School!
- Rich Dad’s Guide to Becoming Rich Without Cutting Up Your Credit Cards: Turn “Bad Debt” into “Good Debt”
- Rich Dad’s Advisors: OPM: How to Attract Other People’s Money for Your Investments–The Ultimate Leverage
- Rich Dad’s The Business of the 21st Century
