艾伦·基米的父亲（罗伯特·清崎的“富爸爸”）于2009年去世，享年83岁。罗伯特·清崎直到2016年采访了富爸爸的亲生儿子艾伦·基米，他是罗伯特·清崎的长期童年好友，才谈论他富爸爸的身份。他们的父亲理查德·沃斯曼·基米并非罗伯特·清崎的亲生父亲，但他是罗伯特的富爸爸原型和导师。
理查德·沃斯曼·基米拥有一家酒店和现为威基基凯悦丽晶酒店所在地的土地，他是首家为中下收入游客建立了经济实惠酒店的公司，尤其是在科纳、茂宜岛和考艾岛的海滨酒店，也是首家提供机票、汽车、酒店一体化套餐的公司。他也是第一家接受传真机预订并使用免费电话的公司。
理查德·基米还喜欢教学和分享他的销售、市场营销和商业知识。他的学生之一是《富爸爸穷爸爸》系列的作者罗伯特·清崎，艾伦·基米说，清崎最初的“富有爸爸”形象灵感来自理查德·基米。
原文：震惊的揭露：清崎的“富有爸爸”并非真实存在，而是像哈利·波特一样的神话——HubPages
Ben Arnold on November 16, 2016:
Oprah’s producers demanded to know who the real life Rich Dad was before allowing Robert Kiyosaki to appear on the Oprah show. And so Rich Dad's son Alan Kimi came and talked to Oprah and her producers and confirmed the identity and explained the importance of anonymity. Alan Kimi's father (Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad") passed away in 2009 but still Robert Kiyosaki didn't discuss his Rich Dad's identity until in 2016 he interviewed Alan Kimi, the real son of Rich Dad who had been a longtime childhood friend of Robert Kiosaki, to discuss their father. Their father, Richard Wassman Kimi, wasn't Robert Kiyosaki's biological father, however he'd been Robert's inspiration and mentor. And that's exactly what a good father should be. Robert Kiyosaki was very fortunate to have two great fathers. Most of us have many mothers, and many fathers, even if we don't call them that, and don't acknowledge that contribution they've made to our lives. Some people don't feel as if they have a father. And that's truly tragic and does happen quite often. We pray that all children everywhere have good parents, and equally many good mentors and helper along the way on the path of life. To those who had a father and a mother but are searching for the "biological" connection, you're missing the point to what is a mother and father. There are many "biological" parents who you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. To truly deserve that title, a Father and Mother need to be a Father and Mother to their child in action and deed, not just title alone. Richard Wassman Kimi owned a hotel and the land that now is the location of Hyatt Regency in Waikiki and was the first to build affordable hotels for middle and lower class tourists visiting Hawaii, especially seaside hotels in Kona, Maui and Kaua’i and was the first company to offer flight, car, hotel all-in-one packages. And the first to accept reservation by fax machine and use a toll free number. Through his own deeds and those of his greatest student Robert Kiosaki who considered him like a father, Mr Kimi has blessed the world and millions of lives, in so many ways. RIP and thank you.
理查德·基米于1925年2月3日出生，是领地参议员威廉·基米的儿子。像许多亚裔夏威夷人一样，珍珠港事件后他参军。战后，他在家族生意中销售陆军剩余物资，但未能盈利。于是他转而从事建筑业。他和兄弟们在希洛建造了基米维尔，一个低租金住房项目。20世纪50年代中期，他看到了为乘船和飞机抵达夏威夷小镇希洛的人们提供经济实惠酒店房间的机会。因此，尽管有人反对，他还是建造了拥有30间客房的胡基劳酒店，以服务那些不富裕的夏威夷大岛旅客。他注重经济性的住宿大受欢迎，随后他不断扩展，在科纳、茂宜岛和考艾岛建造了胡基劳和海滨酒店，最终买下了旧的威基基比尔特莫尔酒店，即现今威基基凯悦丽晶酒店所在地。
原文：Robert Kiyosaki's Real Life Rich Dad | Freedom Mentor
Richard Kimi was born February 3, 1925 and was the son of Territorial Senator William Kimi. Like many Hawaiians of Asian descent, he enlisted in the Army after Pearl Harbor was attacked. After the war, he worked in his family’s business selling Army surplus goods but it wasn’t turning a profit so he took the remaining unsold equipment and turned to construction. Him and his brothers built Kimiville, a low-rent housing project in Hilo. In the mid 1950s, he saw an opportunity to provide affordable hotel rooms for those arriving by boat and airplane into the small town of Hilo, HI. So despite the naysayers, he built the 30 room Hotel Hukilau to cater to the not-so-rich travelers to the big island of Hawaii. His budget conscious accommodations were a hit and he expanded, building Hukilau and Seaside hotels in Kona, Maui and Kaua’i, eventually buying the old Waikiki Biltmore hotel, now the site of the present day Hyatt Regency in Waikiki.
