Biography

Ron Burkle was born on November 12, 1952 in Pomona, California, USA. He is a producer and executive, known for The Giver (2014), 3 Days to Kill (2014) and Safe Haven (2013). He was previously married to Janet Steeper.

Co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins, he invested $20 million to help Mario Lemieux save the team from bankruptcy.

Raffaello Follieri plead guilty in September 2008 to misappropriating $50 million of Burkle's and other investors' money in a Ponzi scheme involving properties owned by the Catholic Church. The FBI says that Follieri may have defrauded investors of as much as $100 million.

He flew on Jeffrey Epstein's infamous private jet, the Lolita Express, and said it was creepy.

Longtime Democratic Party supporter, his company employs Bill Clinton to help identify investment opportunities.

Father of actor Andrew Burkle.