Robert Toru Kiyosaki (born April 8, 1947) is an investor, businessman, self-aid writer, motivational speaker and inventor. Kiyosaki is greatest recognized for his Rich Dad, Very poor Dad sequence of motivational guides and other material. He has written fifteen books which have blended product sales of more than 26 million copies.[one] Though starting as a self-publisher, he was subsequently printed by Warner Textbooks, a division of Hachette Guide Group USA, currently his new textbooks seem under the Prosperous Dad Press imprint. 3 of his publications, Wealthy Dad Very poor Dad, Prosperous Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant, and Abundant Dad's Guide to Investing, have been on the leading ten very best-seller lists simultaneously on The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the New York Occasions. The guide Wealthy Child Sensible Child was published in 2001, with the intent to assist mothers and fathers educate their children financial ideas. He has designed three "Cashflow" board and software games for adults and children and has a series of "Abundant Dad" audio cassettes and disks. He also publishes a monthly newsletter.
Rich Dad Poor Dad is the story of Robert Kiyosaki's financial education. He had two 'dads' - one his real dad, who was poor, and the other, his best friend's dad, who was on his way to becoming a very rich man.