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Ron Burkle, a supermarket billionaire, is documented as a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein's private aircraft, with his name appearing in multiple flight manifests from September 2002 alongside other high-profile individuals.
Burkle's appearances are primarily in high-signal documents, specifically flight manifests from September 21-23, 2002, and government oversight reports that reference his travel on Epstein's Boeing 727. These documents place him on flights that also carried former President Bill Clinton, actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker, with the stated purpose of exploring AIDS and economic development issues in Africa. The mentions are consistent across multiple government records and flight logs, establishing a direct documented connection through shared travel.
Key Highlights
- •Named as a passenger on Epstein's private aircraft in multiple flight manifests from September 2002
- •Documented traveling with Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker on Epstein's Boeing 727
- •Government oversight records explicitly mention his presence on flights while young girls were reportedly present
- •Appears in 9 separate documents, all related to flight records or government investigations
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Books for Further Reading
Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
Julie K. Brown
Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open
Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
James Patterson
Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Bradley J. Edwards
Victims' attorney's firsthand account
Document Mentions (9)
City Spy.pdf
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013403 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013404
Oct 19, 2011Source: House Oversight Committee
ew, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, former Colombian president Andrés Pastrana Arango, Obama economic adviser Lawrence Summers, billionaire Ron Burkle, and actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker had been on board the plane while young girls were present. Fortuitously for Epstein, however, Ferrari-sell
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
ew, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, former Colombian president Andrés Pastrana Arango, Obama economic adviser Lawrence Summers, billionaire Ron Burkle, and actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker had been on board the plane while young girls were present. Fortuitously for Epstein, however, Ferrari-sell
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1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017771 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017786
Apr 9, 2019Source: House Oversight Committee
a Boeing 727, replete with trading room, on which Epstein recently flew President Clinton, actors Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey, supermarket magnate Ron Burkle, Lew Wasserman’s grandson, Casey Wasserman, and a few others, on a mission to explore the problems of AIDS and economic development in Africa. Epste
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Dershowitzgiuffrecomplaint041619.pdf
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017935 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018044
Apr 17, 2019Source: House Oversight Committee
a Boeing 727, replete with trading room, on which Epstein recently flew President Clinton, actors Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey, supermarket magnate Ron Burkle, Lew Wasserman’s grandson, Casey Wasserman, and a few others, on a mission to explore the problems of AIDS and economic development in Africa. Epste
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1 mentionSource: FBI Vault
ing 727. replete with trading room, on which Epstein re- cently flew President Clinton, actors Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey, supermarket magnate Ron Burkle. Lew Wasserman's grandson, Casey Wasserman, and a few oth- ers, on a mission to explore the problems of AIDS and economic development in Africa. E
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1 mentionSep 21, 2002Source: Epstein Flight Logs
RON BURKLE
Sponsored
FLIGHT_MANIFEST_1729
1 mentionSep 22, 2002Source: Epstein Flight Logs
RON BURKLE
FLIGHT_MANIFEST_1738
1 mentionSep 23, 2002Source: Epstein Flight Logs
RON BURKLE
1 mention
the Yahoo board meeting, Jeny Yang and David Filo came by. Mother night in the fall, Sergey Brin and Larry Page were there. Supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle, Virgin head Richard Branson, and Steve Bing, the down-to-earth Democratic donor who inherited nearly a billion dollars from his real-estate-magnate
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Connected Entities(20 of 248)
Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
9 docs9 co-mentions
Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
9 docs9 co-mentions
Kevin Spacey
PersonAmerican actor (born 1959)
8 docs8 co-mentions
Chris Tucker
PersonAmerican actor and comedian
8 docs8 co-mentions
Ghislaine Maxwell
PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
7 docs7 co-mentions
MR
Marc Rich
PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)
6 docs6 co-mentions
SK
Sarah Kellen
Person6 docs6 co-mentions
Casey Wasserman
PersonAmerican businessman
6 docs6 co-mentions
Prince Andrew
PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
5 docs5 co-mentions
Larry Summers
PersonAmerican economist and government official (born 1954)
5 docs5 co-mentions
Donald Trump
PersonPresident of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
4 docs4 co-mentions
New York Post
OrganizationDaily tabloid newspaper (1801-)
4 docs4 co-mentions
Alan Dershowitz
PersonAmerican lawyer, author, and art collector (born 1938)
4 docs4 co-mentions
Robert Maxwell
PersonCzechoslovak-born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (1923-1991)
4 docs4 co-mentions
New York City
LocationMost populous city in the United States
3 docs3 co-mentions
U.S. Virgin Islands
LocationUnincorporated territory of the United States of America
3 docs3 co-mentions
Coney Island
LocationCoastal neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
3 docs3 co-mentions
Les Wexner
PersonAmerican billionaire, chairman and CEO of the L Brands
3 docs3 co-mentions
Vicky Ward
PersonBritish investigative journalist
3 docs3 co-mentions
Steven Hoffenberg
PersonAmerican fraudster
3 docs3 co-mentions