| Investor | California Public Employees Retirement System |
| Investment recipient | Ron Burkle |
| Start Date | 2000-00-00 |
| End Date | 2002-00-00 |
| Amount | 760,000,000 USD |
| Goods | CalPers invested in Burkle's private equity funds |
| Notes | "Burkle’s closest ties were with Governor Gray Davis: he gave $600,000 to Davis’s gubernatorial campaign and appointed Davis’s wife to the board of directors of one of his companies. CalPERS invested some $760 million in Burkle’s private equity funds from 2000 through 2002." |