Ron Burkle

Founder, The Yucaipa Companies, LLC

$3.24B

$12.9M (0.4%)

as of 10/04/24

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.

Burkle is chairman and a significant shareholder of swanky club and hotel chain Soho House & Co., which went public in 2021.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Supermarkets, investments

Residence

London, United Kingdom

Marital status

Divorced

Birth date

11/12/52 (age 71)

Number of children

Education

Diploma, High School

Self-made

self-made

Ron Burkle’s fortune is worth

54K

troy ounces of gold

50K

median U.S. household

32K

median U.S. income

0.065%

U.S. credit card volume

0.013%

GDP of the United States

0.01%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Burkle bought Jesse Owens' 1936 Olympic gold medal at auction for $1.5 million in 2013.