Robert Kiyosaki is an impression of the Hawaii-born American businessman, investor and author best known for Rich Dad Poor Dad, published in 1997. He was born in Hilo, Territory of Hawaii, in 1947 to a family of Japanese-American heritage. His father, Ralph Kiyosaki, was an educator, and the father of his best friend Mike, a businessman and investor, became the "Rich Dad" who taught him about money from around age nine.

He is known for teaching the difference between assets and liabilities and how to make money work for you. He co-created the CASHFLOW board game and founded the Rich Dad company, which sells financial education through books, games and videos. The character keeps to that core teaching, and it leans on his blunt, fast style from public interviews.

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