The Kraft Group, LLC, is a group of privately held companies in the professional sports, manufacturing, and real estate development industries doing business in 90 countries.[2] Founded in 1998 by American businessman Robert Kraft as a holding company for various interests he had acquired since 1968,[4] it is based in Foxborough, Massachusetts.[5]
Corporate structure
- Kraft Sports Group
- New England Patriots, LP (founded in 1960, acquired by Kraft in 1994)
- New England Revolution, LP (founded by Kraft in 1995)
- Gillette Stadium, $325 million facility privately financed by Kraft (opened 2002)[2]
- Patriot Place, $350 million "lifestyle and entertainment center" around Gillette Stadium (opened 2007–2008)[6]
- TeamOps, LLC (founded in 2006)
- TeamOps (Event Staff)
- TeamOps Detect
- Boston Breach, a Call of Duty League team (Founded in 2021)
- Boston Uprising, an Overwatch League team (Founded in 2017 - Folded in 2024)
- Oxygen Esports,[7] a Rainbow Six Siege team (Founded in 2020)
- Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR)
- Rand-Whitney Group, LLC (founded in 1857, acquired by Kraft in 1968)
- Previously owned by Jacob Hiatt, father of Kraft's wife Myra Kraft
- Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, includes:
- Rand-Whitney Container, LLP
- Rand-Whitney Containerboard, LLP
- Rand-Whitney Waste, LLP
- International Forest Products, LLC (founded by Kraft in 1972)
- Operated by Robert Kraft's son Daniel Kraft
- More than 30 private equity investments
- Principal shareholdings
- Carmel Container Systems, Ltd.
- Based in Caesarea, Israel[8]
- American-Israeli Paper Mills, Ltd.
- Based in Hadera, Israel[9]
- Ampal Enterprises, Ltd.
- Based in Tel Aviv, Israel[9]
Philanthropy
In 2023, Kraft Group donated $500,000 to the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC.[10]
External links
References
- Forbes. The 500 Largest American Private Companies: #326 The Kraft Group Forbes, 3 November 2008, retrieved 18 November 2008^
- New England Patriots. Robert Kraft – Official New England Patriots Biography Patriots.com, retrieved 4 June 2007^
- The Kraft Group Forbes^
- University of Massachusetts Boston. New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Receives an Honorary Degree at UMass Boston's 39th Commencement University of Massachusetts Boston, retrieved 6 March 2008^
- The Kraft Group The Kraft Group, 15 June 2018, retrieved 30 April 2020^
- Jenn Abelson. Krafts building a $350m Patriot Place complex, and a legacy The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe, 20 May 2007, retrieved 6 March 2008^
- OXG Esports OXG Esports^
- Company Profile Carmel Container Systems, Ltd. Accessed 29 September 2007.^
- Carmel Container Systems, Ltd, Form 20-F, Filing Date Jun 24, 2003 secdatabase.com, retrieved 14 May 2018^
- Who's Funding AIPAC's Political Spending Barrage? Sludge, 2024-03-04, retrieved 2024-08-12^