With
a
degree
in
geophysics
and
a
number
of
fascinating
summers
in
mining
exploration,
one
winter
in
"the
bush"
quickly
led
Bob
into
the
financial
markets.
This
included
experience
on
the
trading
desk
and
in
the
research
department
of
a
large
investment
dealer,
which
led
to
institutional
stock
and
bond
sales.
Bob's
review
of
financial
history
provided
the
forecasting
models
designed
to
anticipate
significant
trend
reversals
in
the
sometimes
alarming
volatility
typical
of
the
transition
from
rampant
speculation
in
tangible
assets
to
fabulous
speculation
in
financial
assets.
In
anticipation
of
the
latter
opportunity,
a
monthly
publication
for
financial
institutions
was
started
in
January
1982.
This
competently
covered
the
stock
market,
the
yield
curve,
credit
spreads
as
well
as
metal
and
energy
prices.
In
1998
the
Institutional
Advisors
website
was
started
as
a
forum
for
unique
and
reliable
financial
research.
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.
OVER
6
YEARS
ON
THE
NEW
YORK
TIMES
BEST
SELLER
LIST!
-
November
2007
-
In
communicating
his
point
of
view
on
why
'old'
advice
-
get
a
good
job,
save
money,
get
out
of
debt,
invest
for
the
long
term,
and
diversify
-
is
'bad'
(both
obsolete
and
flawed)
advice,
Robert
has
earned
a
reputation
for
straight
talk,
irreverence
and
courage.
Rich
Dad
Poor
Dad
ranks
as
the
longest-running
bestseller
on
all
four
of
the
lists
that
report
to
Publisher's
Weekly
-
The
New
York
Times,
Business
Week,
The
Wall
Street
Journal
and
USA
Today
-
and
was
named
"USA
Today's
#1
Money
Book"
two
years
in
a
row.
It
is
the
third
longest-running
'how-to'
best
seller
of
all
time.
Translated
into
51
languages
and
available
in
109
countries,
the
Rich
Dad
series
has
sold
over
27
million
copies
worldwide
and
has
dominated
best
sellers
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
26
books
in
the
Rich
Dad
series.
In
2006
Robert
teamed
up
with
Donald
Trump
to
co-author
Why
We
Want
You
To
Be
Rich
-
Two
Men
-
One
Message.
It
debuted
at
#1
on
The
New
York
Times
bestsellers
list.
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.
Prior
to
writing
Rich
Dad
Poor
Dad,
Robert
created
the
educational
board
game
CASHFLOW
101
to
teach
individuals
the
financial
and
investment
strategies
that
his
rich
dad
spent
years
teaching
him.
It
was
those
same
strategies
that
allowed
Robert
to
retire
at
age
47.
Today
there
are
more
that
2,100
CASHFLOW
Clubs
-
game
groups
independent
of
the
Rich
Dad
Company
-
in
cities
throughout
the
world.
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.
"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."
--
Robert
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.
