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Jonathan Ashford Kraft, born on March 4, 1964, in Brookline, Massachusetts, to a Jewish family as one of four children of Robert Kraft and his late wife Myra Kraft, is the President of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots. He graduated from Williams College in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in history and began his career as a consultant at Bain & Company. Kraft later earned an MBA from Harvard Business School around 1990 before joining the family business, The Kraft Group, where he has contributed to its growth and diversification into a multi-billion-dollar holding company spanning various sectors. In addition to his leadership roles, he is recognized as a financier and has been involved in the operations of the New England Revolution as an investor-operator. His early professional experience at Bain & Company honed his strategic skills, which he applied to transforming the Kraft family's business interests.