Author Robert Kiyosaki
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Play the Game
Throughout the 70's and 80's, Kiyosaki ran several of his own businesses, making the first Velcro wallet and later producing caps and t-shirts. As his expertise increased, he founded Excellerated Learning Institute, which offered business and financial seminars to the public. In the mid-90's, ELI produced an educational board game called Cash Flow, which Robert and his wife Kim play in the photo above.