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 worked for the Xerox Corporation
in sales. In 1977, he started a company that brought the first nylon
Velcro 'surfer wallets' to market. And in 1985 he founded an international
education company that taught business and investing to tens of thousands
of students throughout the world.
In 1994 Robert sold his business and retired at the age of 47.
During his short-lived retirement, Robert, in collaboration with
co-author Sharon Lechter, his CPA and business partner, wrote the
book Rich Dad Poor Dad.
Soon after he wrote Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant, Rich Dad's Guide
to Investing and Rich Kid Smart Kid – all
of which earned spots on the bestseller lists of the Wall
Street Journal, Business Week, New York Times, E-Trade.com, Amazon.com
and
others.
Other Rich Dad Books – Retire Young Retire Rich, Rich Dad’s
Prophecy, and Rich Dad’s Success Stories – have also
climbed to the top of Business Bestseller Lists.
Prior to becoming a best-selling author, Robert created an educational
board game – CASHFLOW® 101 – to teach individuals
the financial strategies that his Rich Dad spent years teaching
him. It was those financial strategies that allowed Robert to retire
at
the age of 47.
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. Then they can enjoy the luxuries
of this great world we live in."
