A successful American business magnate and a major political fundraiser Ron Burkle donated an amount of $50,000 to a reality show, Celebrity Apprentice 2010. He was listed as the wealthiest man on the Forbes 400 with an estimated wealth of $3.5 billion in the year 2008.
The money Ron Burkle donated was intended for Holly Robinson Peete and her group team Tenacity. Peete and her team was tasked to come up with biggest amount of money to put up a fitness class for 24 Hour Fitness.
The team’s project manager, Peete, was calling in using the telephones and suddenly, she got the $50,000 donation from Ron Burkle. The $50,000 donation from Ron Burkle allowed Peete’s team to raise over $200,000. Team Tenacity got together more than $200,000.