Robert Kiyosaki

{{short description|American finance author and investor (born 1947)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=May 2022}} {{Unreferenced category|biography of a living person|cat1=Recipients of the Air Medal|date=March 2024}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox writer | name = Robert Kiyosaki | image = Robert Kiyosaki (53864555330) (cropped).jpg | caption = Kiyosaki in 2024 | birth_name = Robert Toru Kiyosaki | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|4|8}} | birth_place = [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]], [[Territory of Hawaii]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Businessman, author | education =  | subject = Personal finance, business investing | years active = 1973–1994<br>1997–present | notableworks = ''[[Rich Dad Poor Dad]]'' | spouse = {{marriage|Kim Meyer|1986|2017|end=div}} | module =  | website = {{URL|www.richdad.com}} | signature =  }} '''Robert Toru Kiyosaki''' (born April 8, 1947) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and author, known for the ''[[Rich Dad Poor Dad]]'' series of [[personal finance]] books. He founded the Rich Dad Company, which provides personal finance and business education through books and videos, and Rich Global LLC, which filed for [[bankruptcy]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kim |first1=Susanna |date=12 October 2012 |title='Rich Dad, Poor Dad' Author Files for Bankruptcy for His Company |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/rich-dad-poor-dad-author-files-bankruptcy/story?id=17463158 |access-date=18 July 2018 |website=ABC News}}</ref>

Kiyosaki was sued in a [[class action]] suit filed by attendees of his seminars,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Olen |first1=Helaine |title=This Legal Dispute Says Everything About the Shadiness of Personal Finance Gurus |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/02/11/robert_kiyosaki_s_ongoing_legal_dispute_says_everything_about_the_shadiness.html |access-date=18 July 2018 |website=[[Slate.com|Slate]] |date=11 February 2016}}</ref> and is the subject of investigative documentaries by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]],<ref name="Road To Rich Dad CBC"/> [[WTAE-TV]]<ref name=":0" /> and [[CBS News]].<ref name="cbs" />

== Early life and education== Kiyosaki was born in 1947 in [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]], [[Territory of Hawaii]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/01/18/books/rich-dad-poor-dad-author-robert-kiyosaki-appeals-financial-literacy/|title='Rich Dad Poor Dad' Author Robert Kiyosaki Appeals for Financial Literacy|first=Mai|last=Yoshikawa|date=January 18, 2018|website=The Japan Times|agency=Kyodo}}</ref> to Ralph (–1991)<ref name="Tan">{{cite news | title=Lunch With Sumiko: I Was a Late Bloomer, Says Rich Dad Poor Dad Author Robert Kiyosaki| url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/invest/lunchwithsumiko-i-was-a-late-bloomer-says-rich-dad-poor-dad-author|last=Tan|first=Sumiko |date=January 12, 2020 |newspaper=The Straits Times|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and Majorie Kiyosaki, who was a nurse. He is the eldest child of a family of Japanese descent. One of his sisters, Tenzin Kacho, was a nun ordained by the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] who worked at a Buddhist center in [[Long Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Blending Her Spirituality and His Materialism|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|last=Sahagun|first=Louis | date=February 9, 2009|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-09-me-beliefs9-story.html}}</ref> The other sister is a graphic designer, and his brother works in property management.<ref name="Tan"/>

Kiyosaki's father was an educator, once appointed as Hawaii's superintendent of schools. He also ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant-governor in the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] ticket in the [[1970 Hawaii gubernatorial election]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Zia |first= Hoyt|date=April 2006|title=Rich Son, Poor Son|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rich+son%2c+poor+son.-a0144403343|magazine=[[Hawaii Business]] | via=The Free Library | location=Hawaii |publisher= |access-date=}}</ref><ref name="moneymag">{{cite magazine |last1=Carbonara |first1= Peter |last2=Caplin|first2=Joan|date=January 1, 2003 |title=Poor Man's Prophet Robert Kiyosaki, Author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad Says That Everything You've Been Told About Money is a Lie. Is His Vision Setting Us on the Right Track—Or Is It Just More Financial Snake Oil?| magazine = [[Money (financial website)|Money]] | via = [[CNN.com]] | url= https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/01/01/334706/index.htm | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003527/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/01/01/334706/index.htm | archive-date = 2007-03-11 | access-date = 6 August 2025 }}</ref> He lost his job after the election and used his savings to acquire an ice-cream franchise that eventually failed. He later worked for labor unions.<ref name="Tan"/>

Kiyosaki attended Manoa Elementary School before moving to [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]].<ref name="Magin">{{cite magazine | title='Rich Dad' Author Returning to Hawaii to Speak, But Not Invest | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2019/10/02/rich-dad-author-returning-to-hawaii-to-speak-but.html | magazine=Pacific Business News | last=Magin | first=Janis | date = October 2, 2019}}</ref> He then graduated from [[Hilo High School]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article263819453.html|work=The Sacramento Bee|title=Investor, Author of 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' Lists Hawaii Home on Edge of Ocean for $7.35M|last=Caraccio|first=David|date=July 25, 2022}}</ref> from which he was nearly expelled due to poor grades.<ref name="moneymag"/> In 1965, he attended the [[United States Merchant Marine Academy]], graduating four years later as a deck officer.<ref name="Tan"/> After traveling on ships of [[Matson, Inc.]] as a midshipman,<ref name="Magin"/> he joined the [[U.S. Marine Corps]] as an officer. Kiyosaki served as a helicopter [[gunship]] pilot during the [[Vietnam War]] and was once based in [[Kaneohe Bay]].<ref name="Youn, Jacy"/><ref name="Magin"/>

== Career == ===Early enterprises=== In 1977, Kiyosaki started a company called "Rippers" that marketed nylon and Velcro wallets.<ref name="Youn, Jacy"/> After the company went bankrupt, he became a sales associate at [[Xerox]] until June 1978.<ref name="Youn, Jacy" />

In the 1980s, Kiyosaki became a [[motivational speaker]] in [[San Diego]] who ran a course on [[Erhard Seminars Training]] (EST) techniques called Money and You. He had attended the course in 1974 given by the course's creator, Marshall Thurber. In 1984, Thurber transferred the business to Kiyosaki and D.C. Cordova, who then expanded the course beyond the U.S.<ref name="moneymag"/> The course at one point had tens of thousands of students internationally.<ref name="Youn, Jacy" /> The business nearly collapsed in Australia in October 1993 after the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s [[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]] aired a documentary about emotional abuse in the course. Kiyosaki said the program was "unfair" and considered suing the ABC before deciding against it. He left the business in 1994.<ref name="moneymag"/>

=== Financial education efforts === In 1993, Kiyosaki published his first book, ''If You Want to Be Rich and Happy, Don't Go to School?'' In his book, he encouraged parents not to send their children to college and instead to enter the [[real estate]] business.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kiyosaki|first1=Robert|title=If You Want to Be Rich & Happy Don't Go to School: Ensuring Lifetime Security for Yourself and Your Children|url=https://archive.org/details/ifyouwanttoberic00kiyo|url-access=registration|date=1 April 1993|publisher=Aslan publications|isbn=978-0-944031-38-4|edition=2}}</ref> Kiyosaki founded Cashflow Technologies (in 1997{{cn|date=August 2025}}), a [[holding company]] that as of 2002 owned and operated the ''[[Rich Dad Poor Dad|Rich Dad]]'' brand—as well as the ''Cashflow'' brand{{cn|date=August 2025}}—a holding company that as of that year, Kiyosaki was "preparing to phase himself out of".<ref name="Youn, Jacy">{{cite magazine| date= June 2002 | title=Robert Kiyosaki | magazine=Hawaii Business | access-date=April 22, 2016 | last=Youn | first=Jacy L. | url = http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/robert-kiyosaki/ | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923003402/http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/robert-kiyosaki/ | archive-date=September 23, 2016 | quote = <small>Currently preparing to phase himself out of Cashflow Technologies (the holding company for the Rich Dad brand), while still collecting royalties on its product line–and at the same time attempting to take another company public–Kiyosaki has made a sport of building and selling companies worldwide.</small> }}</ref>{{update after|2025|8|6}}<ref name="auto4">{{cite web|url=http://nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/CorpDetails.aspx?lx8nvq=nXAVB9lnW1D8CQvtuPXg%252bA%253d%253d&nt7=0 |title=Entity Details—Secretary of State, Nevada |website=Nevada Secretary of State |access-date=2014-07-10}}{{primary source inline|date=August 2025}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{cite web |url=http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4002:hagh71.2.6 |title=Trademark Electronic Search System: RICH DAD |website=[[USPTO]] [[Trademark Electronic Search System]] |access-date=2014-07-10 |archive-date=July 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725031104/http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4002:hagh71.2.6 |url-status=dead}}{{primary source inline|date=August 2025}}</ref> Kiyosaki created the Cashflow board and video games to educate adults and children about business and financial concepts.<ref name="Road To Rich Dad CBC"/>{{full|date=August 2025}}

Kiyosaki settled a lawsuit in 2008 brought by Sharon Lechter, his former business partner, with an undisclosed sum. Lechter said Kiyosaki and his wife had enriched themselves and redirected assets in the business, which the Kiyosakis denied. She sold her stake in Rich Dad Company to them after the settlement and ended the partnership that lasted about 10 years.<ref>{{cite news|archive-date=2008-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906224930/http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2008/09/04/20080904biz-richdad0904.html?&wired|url=http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2008/09/04/20080904biz-richdad0904.html?&wired|url-status=dead|title='Rich Dad' Partners Settle Suit, Call It Quits|website=The Arizona Republic|last=Harris|first=Craig|date=2008-09-04}}</ref>

== Other businesses == Kiyosaki's earlier two businesses (for surfing bags with Velcro fasteners and T-shirts) went bankrupt.{{cn|date=August 2025}}

Kiyosaki operates through a number of companies that he owns fully or in part, and through [[franchisee]] arrangements with other companies authorized to use his name for a fee.<ref name="mw2006">{{cite news|last1=Jaffe |first1=Chuck |date=10 February 2006 |title='Teach Me to Trade' Seminar is a Lesson in Futility |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/teach-me-to-trade-a-lesson-in-futility |access-date=26 November 2018 |website=[[MarketWatch]]}}</ref> This includes Rich Dad LLC, Whitney Information Network, Rich Dad Education and Rich Dad Academy.<ref name="mw2007">{{cite news|last1=Jaffe |first1=Chuck |date=13 July 2017 |title='Rich Dad Academy' a Poor Choice for Investors |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rich-dad-academy-a-poor-choice-for-investors |access-date=26 November 2018 |website=[[MarketWatch]]}}</ref> The company's main revenues come from [[franchising|franchisees]] of the Rich Dad seminars that are conducted by independent individuals using Kiyosaki's brand name.<ref>{{Cite magazine | author = Kerkhof, Robyn | date = 2023-07-25 | title=Robert Kiyosaki Net Worth: Exploring the Financial Success of the Rich Dad Poor Dad Author | magazine = [[Blinkist]] | url=https://www.blinkist.com/magazine/posts/robert-kiyosakis-net-worth | access-date = 6 August 2025}}{{verification needed|date=August 2025}}</ref>{{verification needed|date=August 2025}}

In 2012, Kiyosaki's company, Rich Global LLC, filed for bankruptcy and was ordered to pay $23.7 million to [[The Learning Annex]] and its founder, because Kiyosaki had used The Learning Annex for speaking opportunities.<ref name="ABCnews">{{cite news | author = ABC News Staff | date=12 October 2012 |title=Robert Kiyosaki Files for Bankruptcy, Again |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/rich-dad-poor-dad-author-files-bankruptcy/story?id=17463158 |access-date=13 November 2017 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref><ref name="Roth 2013">{{cite news|last=Roth |first=Allan |date=2013-01-20 |title=Rich Dad, Poor Dad's Bankrupt Company |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rich-dad-poor-dads-bankrupt-company/ |access-date=2020-09-26 |website=[[CBS News]]}}</ref><ref name="NYPost2012">{{cite news| author = NY Post Staff | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017234634/http://www.nypost.com/f/pagesix/rich_dad_bankrupt_dad_UNJgqVDYCEthW1TEAYYwXN|url=http://www.nypost.com/f/pagesix/rich_dad_bankrupt_dad_UNJgqVDYCEthW1TEAYYwXN|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17|date=October 10, 2012|title=Rich 'Dad,' Bankrupt Dad|location = New York, NY | publisher = [[New York Post]] (NY Post)}}</ref> Mike Sullivan, the CEO of Rich Dad Company, one of at least 10 companies through which Kiyosaki conducts business, said Rich Global LLC had been dormant for years. At bankruptcy, the company had nearly $26 million in liabilities and $1.8 million in assets.<ref name="ABCnews"/>

== Business and financial advice == {{Main|Rich Dad Poor Dad}}

Kiyosaki has authored more than 26 books including ''Rich Dad Poor Dad'', which has been translated into dozens of languages. As of 2017, nearly 40 million copies of the book had been sold.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shiller |first1=Robert J. |title='Gut Feelings' Are Driving the Markets |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/business/gut-feelings-are-driving-the-markets.html |access-date=September 24, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=January 2, 2020}}</ref> He said his books were an advertisement for his higher-priced seminars.{{cn|date=August 2025}}

Kiyosaki's financial and business teachings claim that [[financial independence]] can be achieved through [[passive income]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yardney |first1=Michael |title=Do Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad Poor Dad" Lessons Still Apply? Here's What I Learned From My Interview with Him |url=https://propertyupdate.com.au/do-robert-kiyosakis-rich-dad-poor-dad-lessons-still-apply-heres-what-i-learned-from-my-interview-with-him/ |website=Property Update |access-date=5 January 2023 |date=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="smartasset">{{cite web |last1=Silva |first1=Derek |title=Robert Kiyosaki—Everything You Need to Know |url=https://smartasset.com/retirement/robert-kiyosaki |website=SmartAsset |access-date=5 January 2023 |language=en |date=21 September 2022}}</ref> He also claims that wealth cannot be achieved from going to school and obtaining a traditional job.<ref name="Chris Schnabel">{{cite web |author=Schnabel, Chris |date=December 1, 2015 |title=Robert Kiyosaki: Traditional School is Useless |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/personal-finance/114513-robert-kiyosaki-live-manila/ |access-date=19 January 2016 |publisher=Rappler}}</ref>

He advocates for using what he calls "good debt" as leverage to buy financial assets such as real estate.<ref>{{Cite web | author = Jansen, Kellan | date = April 30, 2024 | title=Robert Kiyosaki Says Good Debt Makes You Richer—Here's How | work = [[Nasdaq.com]] | url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/robert-kiyosaki-says-good-debt-makes-you-richer-heres-how | access-date = 6 August 2025}}</ref>{{verification needed|date=August 2025}} In January 2024, Kiyosaki stated that he had more than $1 billion in debt.<ref>{{Cite web |author= Mancini, Jeannine | date=January 22, 2024 |title='Rich Dad Poor Dad' Author Robert Kiyosaki on His $1.2 Billion Debt: 'If I Go Bust, the Bank Goes Bust' |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rich-dad-poor-dads-robert-193714809.html |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Hannah Erin |date=2024-01-03 |title=Robert Kiyosaki, Author of 'Rich Dad Poor Dad,' Says He's More Than $1 Billion in Debt—But That's 'Not My Problem' |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-best-selling-personal-finance-author-says-hes-racked-up-more-than-1-billion-in-debt-67e8d6b0 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=MarketWatch |language=EN-US}}</ref> Additionally, he is a strong proponent of buying gold and silver, often referring to them as "God's money."<ref>{{Cite AV media | people = Bloomberg Markets: Asia Staff (interviewers) & Kiyosaki, Robert (interviewee) | date = 2019-10-22 | title=Gold is God's Money, Says Author Kiyosaki | work = [[Bloomberg Markets]]:Asia | via = bloomberg.com | time = an unspecified time. | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-22/gold-is-god-s-money-says-author-kiyosaki-video |access-date=2025-08-06 }} Note, a timestamp is needed to a point in this video content, when the article presents any specific content from this source.</ref>{{full|date=August 2025}} In May 2025, Kiyosaki reiterated his advocacy for [[cryptocurrency]], writing on X (formerly Twitter) that even holding 0.01 [[Bitcoin]] could "maybe make you very rich" within two years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Kiyosaki: Bitcoin is the 'easiest money ever' |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/robert-kiyosaki-easiest-money-ever-160143502.html |website=Yahoo Finance |date=2025-05-26 |access-date=2025-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kiyosaki Calls Bitcoin the Easiest Way to Get Rich |url=https://cryptopulse.news/kiyosaki-calls-bitcoin-the-easiest-way-to-get-rich/ |website=CryptoPulse.News |date=2025-05-26 |access-date=2025-08-18}}</ref> In 2006 and 2007, Kiyosaki's Rich Dad seminars continued to promote [[real estate]] as a sound investment, just before their prices [[2000s United States housing bubble|came crashing down]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jaffe |first1=Chuck |title=Stupid Investment of the Week |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rich-dad-academy-a-poor-choice-for-investors |website=[[MarketWatch]] |access-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>

In 2010, the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s ''[[Marketplace (Canadian TV program)|Marketplace]]'' broadcast a documentary on scams that were being perpetuated by Kiyosaki's company in Canada in the guise of "Rich Dad" seminars.<ref name="Road To Rich Dad CBC">{{cite AV media| people = Johnson, Erica (reporting) | date=January 29, 2010| title=Season 37: 3. Road to Rich Dad| work=[[Marketplace (Canadian TV program)|Marketplace]]| publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Company|CBC]]| url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1404600019 | access-date = 23 November 2020 | time = an unspecified time.}}{{full|date=August 2025}} For a further web citation of this piece, see [https://gem.cbc.ca/media/marketplace/s37e03|accessdate=2010-01-31 this link]. Note, a timestamp is needed to a point in this video content, when the article presents any specific content from this source.</ref>{{full|date=August 2025}} Investments in trailers and trailer parks, which seminar instructors claimed to be evidence of success, were found to be barren and unused land.<ref name="Road To Rich Dad CBC"/>{{full|date=August 2025}}

Also in 2010, Allan Roth of [[CBS News]] documented what occurred when he attended one of Rich Dad's free seminars and dissected some of the tactics employed.<ref name="cbs">{{cite news| author = Roth, Allan | date = 4 March 2010 | title=Rich Dad Education—The Ultimate Emotional Investment | work= [[CBS News]] | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rich-dad-education-the-ultimate-emotional-investment/ |access-date=26 November 2018 }}</ref>

[[WTAE-TV]], the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television station in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], produced another critical segment about Kiyosaki in 2013.<ref name=":0">{{cite news| author = Van Osdol, Paul | date=9 May 2013 | title='Rich Dad' Author's Seminars Cost Thousands, But Not Everyone Gets Rich |url=http://www.wtae.com/article/rich-dad-author-s-seminars-cost-thousands-but-not-everyone-gets-rich/7461146 |access-date=18 July 2018 |website=[[WTAE-TV]]}}</ref>

Kiyosaki's advice has also been criticized for emphasizing [[anecdote]]s and no concrete advice on how readers should proceed or work.<ref>{{cite news| first=Terrence | last=Sing | date=July 13, 2003 | title=Writer Ignores Critics of His Self-Help Success | work = [[Pacific Business News]] | location = Charlotte, NC | publisher = American City Business Journals | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2003/07/14/story3.html?page=1 | access-date = 6 August 2025}}</ref>

== Personal life == Kiyosaki divorced from his first wife when he was 32.<ref name="rich&happy">{{cite book |last1=Kiyosaki |first1=Robert T. |title=If You Want to Be Rich and Happy Don't Go to School |date=1992 |publisher=Excellerated Learning Publishing |isbn=9780646079370}}</ref>{{rp|181}}{{third-party inline|date=August 2025}}

Kiyosaki met his second wife and business partner Kimberly "Kim" Kiyosaki (née Meyer) in 1984, and they got married in 1986.<ref name="rich&happy"/>{{rp|114}}<ref name="moneymag"/> They amicably divorced in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Byrne |first=Brendan |date=2024-06-10 |title=Robert Kiyosaki Net Worth: A Comprehensive Overview of The Rich Dad, Poor Dad Author's Wealth |url=https://www.valuewalk.com/net-worth/robert-kiyosaki/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=ValueWalk |language=en-US}}</ref> When asked about his net worth, Kiyosaki claimed to be more than $1 billion in debt, indicating that being such was not, in his view, "his problem".<ref>{{Cite web | author = Royle, Orianna Rosa | date = 2024-01-04 | title='Rich Dad, Poor Dad' Author Reveals He's $1 billion in Debt—But Says Going Bust Would 'Not Be His Problem' |url=https://fortune.com/2024/01/04/robert-kiyosaki-rich-dad-poor-dad-author-debt/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=[[Fortune.com]] |language=en}}</ref>

=== Political views === Kiyosaki endorsed and supported Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]] for the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential elections]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jetsetmag.com/executive/why-america-needs-donald-trump | title=Why America Needs Donald Trump | publisher=[[Jetset Magazine]] | date=20 October 2015 | access-date=21 November 2015 | author=Kiyosaki, Robert}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=August 2025}} At that time (2015), Kiyosaki had co-authored two books with Trump (and others).{{primary source inline|date=August 2025}}<ref name="Trump Kiyosaki McIver Lechter 2006">{{cite book |last1=Trump |first1=Donald |last2=Kiyosaki |first2=Robert T. |last3=McIver |first3=Meredith |last4=Lechter |first4=Sharon L. |author-link1 = Donald Trump | author-link3 = Meredith McIver | author-link4 = Sharon L. Lechter | year=2006 | title=[[Why We Want You to be Rich|Why We Want You to Be Rich: Two Men, One Message]] | location = Newark, NJ | publisher= Rich Publications LLC | isbn=1933914025 |oclc=71305016}} See [https://archive.org/details/whywewantyoutobe0000trum_k2g9 this] or [https://books.google.com/books?id=s1e7DbjR8BIC this] link, both accessed August 6, 2025.</ref><ref name=midas>{{cite book | first1=Donald|last1=Trump|first2=Robert T.|last2=Kiyosaki|year=2011|title=[[Midas Touch (Trump Kiyosaki book)|Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich And Why Most Don't]]| location = Scottsdale, AZ | publisher=Plata Publishing| isbn=978-1612680958 }} For a link providing registered access to "patrons with print disabilities", see [https://archive.org/details/midastouchwhysom00dona this link], or for a further web link to this book's bibliographic information, see [https://books.google.com/books?id=3xM_pwAACAAJ this] link, both accessed August 6, 2025.</ref> Kiyosaki has also criticized [[Bernie Sanders]] for being a "hardcore [[Marxist]]".<ref name="Tan"/>

== Published works == {{refbegin|2}} * ''[[Rich Dad Poor Dad]] – What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money – That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!'' (first published in 1997) Warner Business Books. {{ISBN|0-446-67745-0}}. * ''Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom'' (2000). {{ISBN|0-446-67747-7}}. * ''Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!'' (2000). {{ISBN|0-446-67746-9}}. * ''The Business School for People Who Like Helping People'' (March 2001). {{ISBN|99922-67-42-9}} – endorses [[multi-level marketing]] * ''Rich Dad's Rich Kid, Smart Kid: Giving Your Children a Financial Headstart'' (2001). {{ISBN|0-446-67748-5}}. * ''Rich Dad's Retire Young, Retire Rich'' (2002). {{ISBN|0-446-67843-0}}. * ''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!'' (2002). Warner Books. {{ISBN|0-641-62241-4}}. * ''Rich Dad's The Business School: For People Who Like Helping People'' (2003) {{ISBN|979-686-729-X}}. * ''Rich Dad's Who Took My Money?: Why Slow Investors Lose and Fast Money Wins!'' (2004) {{ISBN|0-446-69182-8}}. * ''Rich Dad, Poor Dad for Teens: The Secrets About Money – That You Don't Learn in School!'' (2004) {{ISBN|0-446-69321-9}}. * ''Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business'' (2005). {{ISBN|0-446-69637-4}}. * ''[[Why We Want You to be Rich|Why We Want You to Be Rich: Two Men, One Message]]'' (2006) with co-authors [[Donald Trump]], [[Meredith McIver]], and [[Sharon L. Lechter]]. {{ISBN|1933914025}}, Newark, NJ: Rich Publications LLC. See [https://archive.org/details/whywewantyoutobe0000trum_k2g9 this] or [https://books.google.com/books?id=s1e7DbjR8BIC this] link, accessed August 6, 2025. * ''Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money'' (2008). {{ISBN|0-446-50936-1}}. * ''Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money'' (2009). {{ISBN|0-446-55980-6}} * ''The Real Book of Real Estate: Real Experts. Real Stories. Real Life.'' (2009) {{ISBN|1-4587-7250-0}}. * ''An Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education'' (2011). {{ISBN|1-61268-010-0}}. * ''[[Midas Touch (Trump Kiyosaki book)|Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich And Why Most Don't]]'' (2011), with coauthor [[Donald Trump]]. {{ISBN|978-1612680958}}, Scottsdale, AZ: Plata Publishing. See [https://archive.org/details/midastouchwhysom00dona this] or [https://books.google.com/books?id=3xM_pwAACAAJ this] link, accessed August 6, 2025. * ''Why 'A' Students Work for 'C' Students and Why 'B' Students Work for the Government: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Education for Parents'' (2013). {{ISBN|978-1-61268-076-7}}. * ''The Business of the 21st Century'' (2010), co-written with John Fleming and [[Kim Kiyosaki]] {{ISBN|81-8322-260-9}}. * ''Second Chance: for Your Money, Your Life and Our World'' (2015) {{ISBN|978-1-61268-046-0}} * ''8 Lessons in Military Leadership for Entrepreneurs: How Military Values and Experience Can Shape Business and Life'' (2015) {{ISBN|978-1-4915-8387-6}} * ''Why the Rich are Getting Richer: What is Financial Education...Really?'' (2017) {{ISBN|978-1-61268-088-0}} * ''FAKE: Fake Money, Fake Teachers, Fake Assets: How Lies Are Making the Poor and Middle Class Poorer'' (2019) {{ISBN|978-1-61268-084-2}} * ''Who Stole My Pension?: How You Can Stop The Looting'' (2020) {{ISBN|978-1-61268-103-0}} * ''Capitalist Manifesto'' (2021) {{ISBN|978-161268-114-6}} {{refend}}

==Further reading==  * {{cite web | author= Garner, Dwight |date= October 30, 2005 | title= Inside the List | work= [[The New York Times Book Review]] | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/books/review/30tbr.html | access-date = 6 August 2025}} * {{cite web |author= Cannane, Steve |author-link= Steve Cannane |date = June 4, 2004 | title = Spare Us the Finance Evangelists and Their False Profits | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/03/1086203560484.html?from=storyrhs | access-date = 6 August 2025}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{commons category-inline}} * {{Wikiquote-inline}} * {{Official website|http://www.richdad.com}} * {{IMDb name | id= 3371485 | name= Robert Kiyosaki }}

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