Robert G. Allen

Robert G. Allen is a multi-millionaire and author of a myriad of books on how to make money. His books include Nothing Down (on accruing real estate starting with little monetary investment), Multiple Streams of Income, Creating Wealth, Cracking the Millionaire Code, and The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth, written with Mark Victor Hansen, the author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise.  The latter was a New York Times #1 Best Seller, as was Nothing Down (for 40 weeks).  A sequel to One Minute Millionaire has recently been released by the two authors, Cash in a Flash:Fast Money in Slow Times.  Allen is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes nicknamed the “Mormon Church.”

Allen was born May 20, 1948, in Raymond, Alberta, Canada.  He served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tahiti.  He’s a graduate of Brigham Young University with an MBA.   He amassed a multi-million dollar fortune in just a few years by beginning with small real estate investments.

“Through his Enlightened Wealth Institute, Robert Allen conducts a series of investment and personal development seminars. He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows including appearances with Regis Philbin, Good Morning America, Larry King and Your World with Neil Cavuto. Additionally, he has been featured in these national publications: The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Barron’s, Money Magazine, Redbook, and Reader’s Digest.” [1]

Allen is also invested in Usana, a health products, direct marketing company.   Allen and his wife Daryl “give generously in tithes to their church, as well as donations to their favorite charities, including Unitus and LDS Philanthropies. Unitus is a favorite of Robert and Daryl’s because it uses micro-lending to empower poverty-stricken people, especially women, to begin their own businesses. ‘It’s a magnificent concept,’ Robert explains. ‘A woman receives a loan to build her own business, possibly hires other women in her area, and finally repays the loan. Then the organization re-lends that money to another woman and it all begins again. It’s giving residually, which is where our hearts lie.’” [2]