Robert T. Kiyosaki

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.

Rich Dad Poor Dad is the best-selling personal finance book of all time, and has enjoyed prominence on the Business Week, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists. It was named "USA Today's #1 Money Book" two years in a row.

Translated into 51 languages and available in 109 countries, the Rich Dad series has sold over 27 million copies worldwide and has dominated bestseller lists across Asia, Australia, South America, Mexico and Europe. In 2005, Robert was inducted into 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 bi-weekly column — 'Why the Rich Are Getting Richer' — for Yahoo! Finance and a monthly column titled 'Rich Returns' for Entrepreneur magazine.

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.