Ron Burkle

Founder, The Yucaipa Companies, LLC

$3.86B

as of 07/12/26

About Ron Burkle

The son of a grocer, Ron Burkle started working at the market at age 13.

He formed investment firm Yucaipa in 1986 and bagged big returns buying and selling supermarket chains Fred Meyer, Jurgensen's, Ralphs and others.

Burkle primarily invests in private companies that support the food trade, in areas like logistics, cold storage and food safety.

He has invested in tech firms including Airbnb, Uber and Foursquare, failed movie production firm Relativity Media, and the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.

In 2026, Burkle and other investors took members-only swanky hotel chain Soho House private. The company delisted from the NYSE that January.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Supermarkets, investments

Residence

London

Marital status

Divorced

Birth date

11/12/52 (age 73)

Number of children

Education

Diploma, High School

Self-made

self-made

Ron Burkle’s fortune is worth

64K

troy ounces of gold

59K

median U.S. household

39K

median U.S. income

0.077%

U.S. credit card volume

0.015%

GDP of the United States

0.011%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Burkle graduated high school at age 16.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NASDAQ | RJET-US

Republic Airways Holdings