Robert T. Kiyosaki
Personal finance author and entrepreneur
Robert T. Kiyosaki is an American investor, entrepreneur and educator who wrote Rich Dad, Poor Dad and went on to build the wider Rich Dad series on personal finance.
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American Born 1947 in Hilo, United States
About Robert T. Kiyosaki
Kiyosaki was born in 1947 in Hilo, Hawaii, and is a fourth-generation Japanese-American. After college in New York, he entered the Marine Corps, where he was an officer and helicopter gunship pilot in Vietnam. He later worked in sales for Xerox, and in 1977 he started a company that brought nylon and Velcro surfer wallets to market. In 1985 he founded an international education company teaching business and investing. He sold that business in 1994 and retired at 47. He created the board game CASHFLOW 101 to teach financial and investment strategies, and he wrote Rich Dad, Poor Dad during his short retirement. He also founded the Rich Dad Company, which offers financial education through books and videos. Other titles in our catalog include Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant and Second Chance.