Author Archive: Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki is an entrepreneur, investor, author and motivational speaker. He was born in Hawaii on April 8, 1947. After high school he attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and graduated as a deck officer in 1969. He served in the Marine Corps until 1975, piloting helicopters in Vietnam, and was awarded the Air Medal.

After leaving the Marine Corps., Mr. Kiyosaki began a career as a salesman for the Xerox Corporation. He dabbled in various personal business ventures, with varying success, until become financially independent in the 1990's. He retired in 1997 at the age of 47.

Retirement, however, did not last long for Robert Kiyosaki. He founded Cashflow Technologies Inc., and delved into the search for methods of achieving financial independence.

He was profoundly influenced by his childhood, in which he claimed to have two "Dads": his biological father, a teacher resigned to live life constantly worried about money and not willing to evaluate ways to improve his economic position and; his friend's father, a high school drop-out and self-made, moderately successful, financially independent optimist. This juxtaposition caused Mr. Kyosaki to dedicate his life to discovering ways to make money and become financially independent.

His theory is more psychological than scientific, and he stresses financial awareness and self-teaching as keys to understanding what are the best investments for individuals seeking to preserve and increase their wealth. The Cashflow QUADRANT is the key in his basis for understanding how money is made. The Cashflow QUADRANT is made up of ESBI.
E=Employee
S=Self Employed/Small Business Owner
B=Business Owner
I=Investor

Mr. Kiyosaki has published over a dozen books, the most successful being Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

His company, Rich Dad, focuses on personal investment strategies and self-help to achieve financial independence. He makes a clear separation between assets that make money and those that lose money, a simple approach that classifies businesses, real estate, commodities and investments as money-makers and houses, cars and personal luxuries as money-losers. He has developed computer and board games that teach young children financial awareness and is a firm believer that the road to financial success begins in one's own heart and mind which are tools that must be utilized to develop the correct investment strategy for each individual. His belief that the old adage of "get a good job, save money, get out of debt, invest for the long term, and diversify" is outmoded and counterproductive has earned him both praise and criticism.

Mr. Kiyosaki is also a prominent public speaker and has appeared on various TV shows as well as print and internet media.

Other books include:
-If You Want to Be Rich & Happy Don't Go to School: Ensuring Lifetime Security for -Yourself and Your Children by Robert T. Kiyosaki (Paperback - Feb 1992)
-Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
-Rich Dads Cashflow Quadrant Rich Dads Guide to Financial Freedom - 2000 publication.
-Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
-The Business School, For People Who Like Helping People (Rich Dad's- The Eight -Hidden Values of a Network Marketing Business, Other Than Making Money)
-Rich Dad's Rich Kid, Smart Kid: Giving Your Children a Financial Headstart
-Rich Dad's Retire Young, Retire Rich
-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 Who Took My Money?: Why Slow Investors Lose and Fast Money Wins!
-Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business
-Rich Dad's Escape from the Rat Race: How to Become a Rich Kid by Following Rich Dad's Advice
-Why We Want You to Be Rich: Two Men, One Message
-Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money
-Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money
-Rich Brother Rich Sister: Two Different Paths to God, Money and Happiness
-The Real Book of Real Estate: Real Experts. Real Stories. Real Life.
-An Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education (2011).
-Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich-And Why Most Don't

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