Robert Kraft Bio, Family, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Measurements

Robert Kraft is a billionaire businessman who has invested in several business ventures. He is President and CEO of a private diversified holding company called Kraft Group. His company’s assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, property development and a private equity portfolio.

Apart from that, it also owns a few sports teams like New England Patriots of National Football League, New England Revolution of Major League Soccer and Gillette Stadium. Additionally, he purchased the ownership of New England’s premier esports team, Boston Uprising. Additionally, he has received many honorary degrees from several colleges and universities, including the 2019 Genesis Award.

ROBERT KRAFT: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, EDUCATION

The businessman was born on June 5, 1941 as Robert Kenneth Kraft in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. He was born as the son of Sarah Bryna (Webber) and Harry Kraft. His parents owned a clothing manufacturer in Boston’s Chinatown. Additionally, her father was a lay leader at Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline. He has an American nationality and comes from a modern Orthodox Jewish family.

For his education, he attended Edward Devotion School and Brookline High School, where he graduated in 1959. He was a bright student during his high school where he did not participate in any sports because he thought that it would hinder his studies. After that, he joined Columbia University on his scholarship. At his college, he played on their varsity sprint football team as a running back and safety. In 1963 he graduated from Columbia and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1965.

ROBERT KRAFT: CAREER AND LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS

The kid who used to sell newspapers outside Braves Field in Boston has now turned to the nation’s billionaire businessman. Kraft began his professional career with the Worcester-based packaging company, Rand-Whitney Group, run by his father-in-law Jacob Hiatt. He then founded International Forest Products in 1972 which, combined with other companies, sells a large production of physical paper products.

Kraft was an investor in New England Television Corp., which took control of WNAC-TV in 1982 and he was appointed to the board of directors in 1983. In 1986 he was named president of the company, WNEV-TV . Additionally, in 1974, Kraft and five others purchased the Boston Lobsters from World TeamTennis.

In addition to being involved in different businesses, he is also a visiting philanthropist. He has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to various philanthropic causes, including education, health care, youth sports, and American and Israeli causes.

ROBERT KRAFT: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

He first married his college sweetheart Myra Nathalie Hiatt in June 1963. They first met in 1963 at a back bay deli in Boston and then began their romantic relationship. The couple had welcomed four children: Jonathan A Kraft, Daniel A Kraft, Joshua M Kraft and David H Kraft. But their relationship ended following the death of his wife on July 20, 2011 at the age of 68, from ovarian cancer.

He previously started dating his girlfriend Ricki Nol Lander (actress, model, designer and entrepreneur) in June 2012. In the fall of 2017, Lander gave birth to a child but Kraft denied paternity of the announced child. in May 2018. In the same year, their romantic relationship ended. Since splitting with Lander, he’s linked up with new girlfriend Dana Bloomberg and spotted together at the Super Bowl on Feb. 2, 2020.

Controversy and legal issues:

The Jupiter, Florida police chief announced he will face two misdemeanor charges on February 22, 2020. The charges he will get for soliciting another person for prostitution, stemming from a sweep of human trafficking in Jupiter. Investigators have been keeping tabs on the Orchid of Asia Day Spa for more than eight months as they have reported widespread prostitution there. In the spa, Kraft allegedly recorded videos where sexual activity, sex trafficking and forcing women to perform sexual acts on clients.

However, on May 23, the judge decided not to use videos after several hearings and trials with his lawyer’s statement. Therefore, on August 19, 2020, Kraft’s constitutional rights were violated when law enforcement obtained specific video footage, according to a Florida appeals court, and the video would not be admissible in court. On September 24, 2020, it was revealed that the charges against Kraft had been dismissed due to lack of evidence. Following this, the district court ordered the destruction of the Orchids of Asia video recordings of Kraft and other customers.

ROBERT KRAFT: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

He kept billions of dollars from his various business activities. He has an estimated net worth of around $6.9 billion from his diverse business ventures. Additionally, he bought the New England Patriots for $172 million in 1994. He is now worth $4.4 billion and has six Super Bowl wins.

Additionally, he has purchased several properties including a Tony Hamptons property in a $43 million off-market deal at Meadow Lane in Southampton, NY He is not active on different social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. However, he scouted in the Super Bowl or his team’s game, event and programs.

ROBERT KRAFT: BODY MEASUREMENTS

He has an average body structure that reaches a decent height of 5 feet 7 inches or 1.70 meters. Her body weighs approximately 79 kg with unknown measurements. He has silver gray hair color with hazel eyes.