Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad - the international runaway
bestseller that has held a top spot on the New York Times bestsellers list for
over six years - 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, 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 bestseller 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 was named
"USA Today's #1 Money Book" two years in a row. It is the third
longest-running 'how-to' best seller of all time. Translated into 51 languages
and available in 109 countries, the Rich Dad series has sold over 27 million
copies worldwide and has dominated seller 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 26 books in the Rich Dad series. In 2006 Robert teamed
up with Donald Trump to co-author Why We Want You
To Be Rich - Two Men - One Message. It debuted at #1 on The New York
Times bestsellers list. Robert writes a bi-weekly column - 'Why the Rich Are
Getting Richer' - for Yahoo! Finance and a monthly column titled 'Rich Returns'
for Entrepreneur magazine. Before 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 2,100 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 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.
