Robert Lichello (12 September 1926 – 1 February 2001), a native of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was a 20th-century American author of both fiction and non-fiction books. He is noted as the inventor of the "AIM" (Automatic Investment Management) system of investing and was the author of several books on investing, including "How to Make $1,000,000 in the Stock Market Automatically"[1] and "Superpower investing: The Superpower Way to Bank and Invest Your Money."[2]
Following several years service with the Air Transport Command in Japan, Lichello majored in creative writing at West Virginia University, and worked for a radio station in Fairmont, West Virginia. In 1957, he moved to New York and worked for numerous magazines as a reporter, feature writer, and associate editor.[3] Lichello's historical works include biographies of Dag Hammarskjöld,[4] Enrico Fermi,[5] Edward R. Murrow,[6] and Charles R. Drew.[7] He also wrote a book on Jujutsu as a method of self-defense.[8]