Place of birth  : Pomona, California, United States of America

Places of Lived: Barneys, New York

Net Worth : $3.7 billion

Ronald Burkle, 57, Who is an American business magnate. A major political fundraiser, he is listed on the Forbes 400, with an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion in 2008. He is currently a member of the board of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, KB Home, and Yahoo. He got his start in the supermarket business as a bag boy at his father’s grocery store. Burkle is a well-known Democratic supporter and fundraiser who has raised more than $1,000,000 for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. Bill Clinton is employed by The Yucaipa Companies to help identify possible investment opportunities.

He has supported California State Treasurer Phil Angelides and employed former San Francisco MayorWillie Brown, both of whom are former California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Burkle helped finance Al Gore’s cable Current TV network. He is currently a member of the board of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, KB Home, and Yahoo! Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday that billionaire investor Ron Burkle has decided not to stand for re-election to the Internet company’s board of directors. board members, but has also made contributions to

Wild Oats Markets was an operator of natural foods stores and farmers’ markets in North America. Burkle started buying Wild Oats stock in February 2005. By the time Whole Foods Market, a natural-foods grocer, agreed to pay $565 million for Wild Oats, Burkle was the largest shareholder of Wild Oats. Always he says “If we make money, he makes money.”

“It jolted me back to reality. We never would have gone in when somebody was kidnapped and tried to do a deal around him.”