you're thinking of robert kiyosaki (also from hawaii, however :P)

(fwiw, i thought rich dad poor dad was fairly interesting -- i'm not going to hate on it as much as others might -- although it's alleged that some of both some of his anecdotes and financial success were exaggerated or false. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kiyosaki ; google will turn up other criticisms.)