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Article with his ex wife on his involvement with charity

Janet Steeper’s former spouse is also the founder and chairman of the Ronald W. Burkle Foundation. Ron is Co-Chairman of the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA and is broadly involved in the community. He is a trustee of the Carter Center, the National Urban League, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) and has been an active member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy.

He is the current owner of Lloyd Wright’s famous textile block Ennis House; was the founder and Chairman of the Ralphs/Food4Less Foundation and the Fred Meyer Inc. Foundation.

He has been a recipient of numerous honors and awards

https://fabwags.com/janet-steeper-nhl-ron-burkles-ex-wife/

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2006-05-02 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles – Billionaires often seem more or less alike, doing what all superrich people do, only more so. Then there's Ron Burkle.

Billionaires generally have big houses. Burkle, 53, resides at Green Acres, one of the grandest, most storied super-mansions in Beverly Hills and one of Southern California's best-known party houses.

Billionaires often have private jets at their beck and call. Burkle has a Boeing 757 with its own bedroom suite.

And billionaires certainly attract famous friends. One of Burkle's closest pals is former President Bill Clinton, who heads a group of high-flying politicians with whom he is close.

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Enmeshed-in-scandal-Billionaire-Ron-Burkle-2498035.php

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videotaped reporter

When a Post gossip writer, Jared Paul Stern, said he could help improve the former supermarket tycoon's coverage, Burkle set up a meeting and secretly videotaped Stern – with federal law enforcement officials reportedly monitoring the process – apparently trying to extort $220,000 in return for favorable publicity. At least that's how Burkle describes the encounter, which has sent a titillating rush through gossip pages and newspapers across the country.

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Enmeshed-in-scandal-Billionaire-Ron-Burkle-2498035.php