Ron Burkle
Profile Summary
Ron Burkle (born 1952) is a U.S. finance executive with an estimated net worth of ~$3.9B. SEC records show he is an active filer under the name “BURKLE RONALD W,” with 172 total SEC filings, including 135 insider filings. His filings reference companies including Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Barnes & Noble Inc., and Morgans Hotel Group Co. SEC EDGAR RTB
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR shows Burkle has filed ownership and insider-trading related forms connected to multiple companies, including Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO). His recent filings include Forms 3 and 4 (used by corporate insiders to report initial holdings and subsequent trades) and Schedules 13D/13D-A (used to report significant ownership stakes and related updates). The dataset lists 258 EDGAR search hits and 135 insider filings, with recent Form 4 filings dated 2026-02-02 and 2025-08-18. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
The Ronald W Burkle Foundation (Los Angeles, CA; EIN 954664750) reported $5,244 in total assets for tax year 2023, with $100,008 in total revenue and $119,172 in total expenses. It reported $0 in grants paid in 2023, and the provided 990 data totals $0 in grants paid across the listed foundation records. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
FEC data shows 100 contributions totaling $846,786 from 2018-06-25 to 2025-09-15. The party breakdown reported is $113,500 to Democratic recipients, $70,900 to Republican recipients, and $662,386 to PAC/Other. Top recipients include SMP ($500,000), 2024 DEM SENATE VICTORY: MD + PA + DSCC ($51,200), Latino Victory Fund ($50,000), Take Back the House 2020 ($46,100), and DSCC ($38,000). FEC
Philanthropy
Political Contributions
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SEC Filings
Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.
Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency
Scored on 6/23/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.