Ex-Disney Exec Enters Food Court as Partner in Web Grocery Project

By KAREN KAPLAN

Jan. 11, 1999 12 AM PT

Richard Wolpert, the former president of Disney Online, has joined Yucaipa Cos. as a partner to help the investment firm bring groceries to the Internet. Ron Burkle, Yucaipa’s managing partner, will announce Wolpert’s long-expected appointment today.

Burkle made headlines last fall for engineering an $8-billion deal to merge Fred Meyer Inc. with Kroger Co. Wolpert, who left Disney in June, will oversee the company’s Internet and technology ventures, including an e-commerce site due out later this year.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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