Jonathan A. Kraft is President and Chief Operating Officer of The Kraft Group. The Kraft Group is a private holding company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The Group is comprised of companies in the paper and packaging industries, sports and entertainment, real estate, and private equity investing.
In paper and packaging the Group’s holdings include the Rand-Whitney Group, a manufacturer of corrugated containers, and International Forest Products Corporation (IFP) a trader of paper commodities as principal doing business in 80 countries. The Kraft Group also owns Rand-Whitney Containerboard a manufacturer of 100% high performance recycled linerboard.
In sports and entertainment the Group’s holdings include the National Football League’s, 2001, 2003, & 2004 World Champion New England Patriots, Gillette Stadium and the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. The privately funded Gillette Stadium opened in the spring of 2002 and represents an investment of over $350 million by The Kraft Group. This investment is the largest private investment in a sports facility in the United States. In 2002 Kraft was named to the Sports Business Journal’s “40 Under 40 Most Powerful People in Sports” and named the Sports Business Daily’s “Sports Industrialist of the Year.”
The Kraft Group also holds numerous private equity investments and is involved in a number of real estate developments.
As a graduate of Williams College (1986), Kraft received his MBA from Harvard Business School (1990). He is on the Board of Directors for several organizations including the Children’s Hospital Trust and HighPoint Capital, as well as, Carmel Container Systems Ltd. (Israel’s largest packaging company, of which The Kraft Group is its largest shareholder). Kraft also serves on the board of trustees for Williams College, the Belmont Hill School, and the Park School.
Jonathan and his wife Patti have two sons and a daughter.