1969: Graduated from United States Merchant Marine Academy in New York as a deck officer with a Bachelor of Science degree and a commission as a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Marine Corps.
1972: Joined the Marine Corps and served as a helicopter gunship pilot during the Vietnam War
1974: Honorably discharged from the Marine Corps
Business Career
1974: Attended the Erhard EST seminars that changed his life.
1977: Started a company called "Rippers" that eventually went bankrupt. Took a job as a sales associate for Xerox
1978: Resigned from Xerox and started a retail business that made T-shirts, hats, wallets, and bags for heavy metal rock bands. The company went bankrupt in 1980.
1985: Cofounded the Excellerated Learning Institute, a business education company teaching entrepreneurship, investing, and social responsibility. In 1994, Kiyosaki sold the education company.
1992: Published his first book, If You Want to Be Rich and Happy, Don't Go To School
1997: launched Cashflow Technologies, Inc., a business and financial education company that owns and operates the Rich Dad and Cashflow brands. Kiyosaki partnered with Amway to promote his now facmous RICH DAD POOR DAD book.
