Robert T Kiyosaki Life

He is married to Kim Kiyosaki. He was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii and is a fourth-generation Japanese American, and the son of the late educator Ralph H. Kiyosaki (1919-1991),Kiyosaki is an alumnus of Hilo High School. He attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New York, graduating with the class of 1969 as a deck officer and served in the Marine Corps as a helicopter gunship pilot during the Vietnam War, where he was awarded the Air Medal. Kiyosaki left the Marine Corps in 1974 and got a job selling copy machines for the Xerox Corporation. In 1977, Kiyosaki started a company that brought to market the first nylon and Velcro "surfer" wallets, which grew into a moderate success. In the early 1980s Kiyosaki started a business in which he licensed T-shirts for Heavy Metal rock bands but the business failed and he allegedly had to declare bankruptcy and ultimately became homeless.[4] In 1985 Kiyosaki founded a business and investment education company that taught to a large number of students throughout the world. In 1994 at the age of 47 he sold his business and "retired". Around 1996–1997 he formed Cashflow Technologies, Inc. which operates and owns the Rich Dad (and Cashflow) brand. There is much controversy over the integrity of his history991)