Background
Burkle, Ronald Wayne was born on November 12, 1952 in Pomona, California, United States.
Burkle, Ronald Wayne was born on November 12, 1952 in Pomona, California, United States.
Private practice, 1975-1988. President Jurgensen's, Pasadena, California, 1986-1988. Founder, managing partner The Yucaipa Comapnies, Claremont, since 1986.
Chairman Food 4 Less Supermarkets, La Habra, since 1989, Dominick's Finer Foods, Northlake, Illinois, until 1998. Chairman, member executive committee Kroger's Foods, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., Salt Lake City.
Chairman Fred Meyer
Co-owner (with Mario Lemieux) Pittsburgh Penguins. Board directors Yucaipa Equity Partners., L.P., KB Home Corporation, since 1995, The Kroger Company, 1997—2001, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, since 1999, Yahoo! Inc., since 2001.
Member board and executive committee Campaign Against Youth Violence. Trustee Jean Paul Getty Trust, since 2001, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Urban League, Los Angeles County Museum Art. Chairman board Drug Abuse Resistance Education American.
Member executive board for medical science University of California at Los Angeles. Co-chairman Burkle Center for International Relations, University of California at Los Angeles. Member education advisory board Research and Development.
Founder, chairman board trustees Ralphs/Food4Less Foundation, The Fred Meyer, Inc. Foundation; board member Children's Scholarship Fund, Carter Center, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome project Los Angeles. Member e-board Claremont Graduate University.