An accomplished business owner, real estate investor, and educator, Phil is currently a co-founder of a mortgage company. He states, “I would say that my story is a case of learning from making mistakes and then not making the same mistakes twice.”  In addition to his mortgage company, over the last seven years Phil has grown his investment portfolio to include 11 residential rental units and a retail business, using strategies from rehab and cash flow, to new build buy and hold, to personal rehabbing and self-management, to cash flow and hold for one year, to a residential land development deal. Through his many real estate and business ventures, he’s refined his strategies for success and acquired a high-level of effective team building and management skills.

In the fall of 2000, Phil joined the Rich Dad Company as an “apprentice” to Sharon Lechter (his mother). Over the next six years as Chief Communications Officer, he focused on rapid acceleration of strategic partnerships and the start-up of a global franchise division within the organization, as well as PR, direct marketing, customer acquisition and retention, messaging, branding, and Rich Dad’s coaching and seminar divisions. Phillip further developed his leadership skills by training coaches, seminar leaders, clubs, and individuals how to teach the Rich Dad principles and how to play the CASHFLOW® game.

Prior to this, from 1997 to 2000, Phil worked various sales, management and marketing positions, including managing a janitorial service and working for E & J Gallo Wine. In addition, he worked for an equipment lease finance company where he further expanded his sales abilities by soliciting financing over the phone and was later responsible for building and training a sales team that tripled the company’s revenues.

Phil graduated from Arizona State University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management.

Today, Phil resides in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife Angela and their two boys, Kristian and Dylan. As a championed leader, Phil looks forward to sharing his vast expertise in business and real estate to help Nouveau Riche students learn from his “mistakes” and utilize winning strategies to create their own success.