Burkle is a close friend of former President Bill Clinton, who calls Burkle’s Boeing 757 private jet “Ron Air.”[11] Clinton is employed by Burkle’s investment firm, The Yucaipa Companies. Burkle co-hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton at his Green Acres Mansion. Burkle and Steve Rattner helped finance Al Gore’s cable Current TV network.[12]
As of May 2007, real estate developer Raffaello Follieri, the boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway, was being sued by billionaire Ron Burkle for $55 million, an amount which Burkle alleges Follieri and Hathaway spent on a private jet, care for their pet Labrador, and shopping sprees. The money had been intended for a land development project.
Burkle is also a close friend of superstar Michael Jackson[13].
Sounds like Anne is a real high maintenance girl.