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== Introduction ==

 

'''''{{Tooltip|Rich Dad, Poor Dad}}''''' is a personal-finance book by {{Tooltip|Robert T. Kiyosaki}} with {{Tooltip|Sharon L. Lechter}}. <ref name="OCLC43946801" /> It presents two father figures—a “poor” biological father and a “rich” mentor—to teach financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and the building of income-producing assets. <ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Kiyosaki: The Man Behind 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' |url=https://www.investopedia.com/robert-kiyosaki-7832587 |website=Investopedia |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref> The book’s dozen short chapters include “lesson one: the rich don’t work for money,” “mind your own business,” and “the history of taxes and the power of corporations.” <ref>{{cite web |title=Rich dad, poor dad — Table of contents |url=https://nh.catalog.lionlibraries.org/Record/.b24605931 |website=LION Libraries Catalog |publisher=Libraries Online, Inc. |access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref> First self-published in 1997 and later released by {{Tooltip|Warner Business Books}} in 2000, it became a sustained bestseller. <ref name="PW2022">{{cite web |last=Seidlinger |first=Michael |title=Rich Dad, Poor Dad: 25 Years of Financial Advice Books |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/89314-rich-dad-poor-dad-25-years-of-financial-advice-books.html |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date=13 May 2022 |access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref> {{Tooltip|Publishers Weekly}} reports cumulative worldwide sales above 44 million copies as of 13 May 2022. <ref name="PW2022" />

 

== Chapters ==

 

''—Note: The above summary follows the Warner Business Books paperback edition (2000; 207 pp.; ISBN 0-446-67745-0).''<ref name="OCLC43946801">{{cite web |title=Rich dad, poor dad: what the rich teach their kids about money-- that the poor and middle class do not! |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/43946801 |website=WorldCat |publisher=OCLC |access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="CMC2000">{{cite web |title=Rich dad, poor dad: what the rich teach their kids about money-- that the poor and middle class do not! |url=https://cmc.marmot.org/Record/.b11098090 |website=Marmot Library Network |publisher=Colorado Mountain College |access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref>

 

== Background & reception ==

 

🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. The book remains a staple on widely read “what to read” lists for would-be investors and founders; ''{{Tooltip|Business Insider}}'' included it in roundups on 14 December 2020 and 9 August 2022. <ref name="BI2020" /><ref name="BI2022" />

 

 

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