Patriot's Owner Bob Kraft's Private Little Empire

New England Patriot's owner, Bob Kraft, has had more than his share of success in business. To most New England football fans and even football fans nationwide that occasionally see a Patriot's game, Kraft appears to be a likable, well spoken, family oriented professional . And he is. But Bob Kraft is much more. He has worked hard to become the head of his own private little empire. Massachusetts residents get a tiny peak at his holdings every time they take a turn along Route 1, in Foxboro, MA . While some shake their heads at the amassing of such fortune others are more than willing to tip their hats to the business genius who has been so instrumental in bringing winning football to New England.

Bob Kraft, a man with a Dream. Bob Kraft is happy to tell anyone who will listen, where he is from. With a big smile he will gladly share that he was born in Brookline, MA a suburb not far out of the city and only about a half hour drive to Gillette Stadium home of the New England Patriots. . He went to local schools in Brookline and then received an academic scholarship to attend Columbia University . When it was time for graduate school , Kraft returned to Massachusetts and attended Harvard Business School where he received an MBA and apparently lots of business savvy.

As a young man Bob Kraft was a Patriots' fan and wasn't too proud to follow the team during the 1960's when it often alternated playing sites traveling from B. U. Field, to Fenway Park, to B. C. Alumni Stadium to Harvard Stadium. In 1971 when the Patriots took up residence in Foxboro, Kraft became a season ticket holder and apparently was hooked on this local football venture. When Kraft tells this story to fans he never leaves out the part about how he was a loyal fan and the kind of fan that wanted the best for the team and its followers. Even in those early days Kraft was thinking about a better, more elaborate home field for the local good guys .