Robert Toru Kiyosaki, renowned worldwide as Robert Kiyosaki, is an American financial literacy activist, investor, self help author, businessman, financial commentator, and an extremely high-impact motivational speaker. Robert Kiyosaki’s net worth stands at an impressive $80 Million. He is best known for being the author of the bestseller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” which is part of the series of “Rich Dad” books. Kiyosaki has authored more than 15 books to date. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii on 8th April 1947.

Kiyosaki has been able to make his money through many types of work such as; entrepreneur, author, investor and speaker. He became very famous with the release of his motivational book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”. Overall, he has sold over 26 million copies of his books combined and his books are consistently on the Top 10 bestseller list. Three of his books, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", "Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing", and "Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant" have made it to be the #1 position on the lists brought out by the New York Times, The Wall Street, and USA Today.

He has written a book named “Rich Kid, Smart Kid” that was published in 2001. This book was written for parents to help them teach financial concepts to their kids. He has also created software games for children and adults. Kiyosaki runs a blog where he writes his thoughts and ideas on business, personal finance, world financial markets, and global economics and runs a monthly column on Yahoo Finance as well.

The entrepreneur that he is, Kiyosaki purchased a silver mine in South America in 2002. He has been interested in the mining and metal industries for a while and is also interested in coin dealings.

The entrepreneur that he is, Kiyosaki purchased a silver mine in South America in 2002. He has been interested in the mining and metal industries for a while. He is also interested in coin dealings.