Kate Hudson is Buddies with Billionaire Burkle

Kate Hudson leaves her hotel with 60-year-old supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle (black Ralph Lauren polo shirt) on Friday in Paris France.

Burkle has a personal wealth of over $2 billion and is part-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins major league hockey team. He is also a Democratic fundraiser with connections to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Clinton. In April 2006, Burkle accused New York Post columnist Jared Paul Stern of attempting to extort money from him in exchange for more favorable Page Six coverage.

Fortune Magazine listed him as the #112 richest man in America.