Rich Dad Poor Dad is one of the most popular books written about personal finance in the world today and has been endorsed
by authorities such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today and The New York Times. It has sold over 26 million copies and has been translated and
published in fifty-one different languages.
Among the other books in the Rich Dad series are:
*Rich Dad''''s CASHFLOW Quadrant - Published: 1998
*Rich Dad''''s Guide to Investing - Published: January 2000
*Rich Dad''''s Rich Kid Smart Kid - Published: January 2001
*Rich Dad''''s Retire Young Retire Rich - Published: October 2001
*Rich Dad''''s Prophecy - Published: October 2002
*Rich Dad''''s Success Stories - Published: October 2003
*Rich Dad''''s Guide to Becoming Rich Without Cutting Up Your Credit Cards - Published: December 2003
*Rich Dad''''s Who Took My Money? - Published: May 2004
*Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens - Published: August 2004
*Rich Dad''''s Escape from the Rat Race - Published: January 2005
*Rich Dad''''s Before You Quite Your Job - Published: August 2005
*Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump: Why We Want You To Be Rich - Published: October 2006
*Rich Dad''''s Real Estate Advantages - Published: November 2006
Robert Kiyosaki, the books author, grew up with two fathers, his biological
father and his best friend Mike’s father. His biological father was his “poor dad” and his best friend’s father was his “rich dad.” The “poor dad” was was highly educated and intelligent, he had a Ph.D., and completed four years of undergraduate work in less than 2 years. He was the superintendent of the Department of Education for the state of Hawaii. The “rich dad” never finished the 8th grade.
Yet suprisingly, the “rich dad,” despite his lack of formal education, succeed and became one of the richest men in Hawaii. He owned resorts and hotels. This he now passed on to Mike and Mike was able to do even better than his father did. The “poor dad” ran for lieutenant governor for the Republican party and lost to his boss, the governor, who happened to be on the Democratic party. He couldn’t go back to the government and he spent all his savings on an ice cream franchise that failed. The “poor dad” died broke.
Robert has chosen to learn his lessons from his “rich dad” and has prospered. He has risen from his humble begginings as a homeless person to owning numerous companies, investments and real estate properties and in 1994, at the age of forty-seven was able to retire and now works as an author, educator and investor.
Robert now goes around the world, teaching others the same lessons his “rich dad” taught him. He has appeared in The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, PBS, The Today Show and MSNBC.