Robert T. Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad -- USA Today's
#1 Money Book for two years running and the international runaway best
seller -- is an investor, entrepreneur and educator whose perspectives
on money and investing fly in the face of conventional wisdom. He has,
virtually single-handedly, challenged and changed the way tens of
millions, around the world, think about money.
In communicating his point of view on why 'old' advice -- get a good
job, work hard, save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term,
and diversify -- is 'bad' (both obsolete and flawed) advice, Robert has
earned a reputation for straight talk, irreverence and courage.
Rich Dad Poor Dad ranks as the
longest-running best seller on all four of the lists that report to Publisher's Weekly -- The New York Times, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today -- and has held a top
spot on the famed New York Times
list for over five years.
Translated into 51 languages and available in 109 countries, the Rich
Dad series has sold over 28 million copies worldwide and has dominated
best sellers lists across Asia, Australia, South America, Mexico and
Europe. In 2005, Robert was inducted into the Amazon.com Hall of Fame
as one of that bookseller's Top 25 Authors. There are currently 13
books in the Rich Dad series.
Robert writes a monthly column -- 'Why the Rich Are Gelling Richer' --
for Yahoo! Finance and a
monthly column titled 'Rich Returns' for Entrepreneur magazine.
Prior to writing Rich Dad Poor Dad,
Robert created the educational board game CASHFLOW® 101
to teach individuals the financial and investment strategies that his
rich dad spent years teaching him. It was those same strategies that
allowed Robert to retire at age 47.
Today there are more than 3,300 CASHFLOW Clubs -- game groups
independent of The Rich Dad Company -- in cities throughout the world.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Robert Kiyosaki is a fourth-generation
Japanese-American. After graduating from college in New York, Robert
joined the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam as an officer and
helicopter gunship pilot. Following the war, Robert went to work in
sales for the Xerox Corporation and, in 1977, started a company that
brought the first nylon and Velcro 'surfer wallets' to market. He
founded an international education company in 1985 that taught business
and investing to tens of thousands of students throughout the world. In
1994 Robert sold his business and, through his investments, was able to
retire at the age of 47. During his short-lived retirement he wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad.
In Robert's words, "We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I
write books and create products that teach people how to have money
work hard for them."
For more information, please visit www.increaseyourfinancialiq
Books by Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Brother, Rich Sister: Two Different Paths to God, Money, and Happiness
Vanguard Press
2008-12-23
Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money
Business Plus
2008-03-26