Robert Kraft
United States
Democratic
chief executive officer
business
Robert Hearth Kenneth Kraft is an American businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate development, and a private equity portfolio. Since 1994, Kraft has owned the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He also owns the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer (MLS), which he founded in 1996. In 2017, he founded the Boston Uprising, an Overwatch League esports team that competed from 2017 until it disbanded in January 2024. As of July 2024, he has an estimated net worth of US$11.1 billion according to Forbes.
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Sep 17, 2026
Lean Right
The Patriots owner is at the center of a donor standoff with Macklemore over Palestinian aid after Ed Sheeran's comments.
Kraft is being pressured to match a pledge tied to anti-Israel causes, and the right is watching whether he holds the line or folds to the same activist playbook that hit campuses.
Sep 17, 2026
Lean Left
Kraft said Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2 million in aid after Macklemore pledged $1 million to Palestinian causes and challenged the tycoon to match the sum.
The left sees this as a culture-war flashpoint over Palestine solidarity, with celebrity philanthropy being used to deflect from the deeper question of US complicity in Gaza.