15 Facts About Robert Kraft

1. In 1994, Robert Kraft purchased the team and transformed it into one of the league's elite franchises.

2. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is the chairman of that committee.

3. In the video, Robert Kraft reads Wilson's lines for a bikini-clad Lander, dances briefly, curses, and throws a punch at another actor.

4. In June 2012, Robert Kraft began dating actress Ricki Noel Lander, who is 39 years his junior.

5. In 2011, Robert Kraft was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

6. In 2017 Robert Kraft announced a contribution of $6 million to build the first ever regulation size American football field in Israel.

7. In October 2017, Robert Kraft said he was "still intrigued" by the possibility of buying a Premier League football club, but that he was concerned about the lack of a salary cap in UK football.

8. In 1996 Robert Kraft founded the New England Revolution, a charter member of Major League Soccer which began playing alongside the Patriots at Foxboro Stadium.

9. In 2007, Robert Kraft began to develop the land around Gillette Stadium, creating a $375-million open-air shopping and entertainment center called Patriot Place.

10. In 1998, Robert Kraft considered moving the Patriots to Hartford, Connecticut, based on an offer that the state of Connecticut would finance a new stadium in downtown Hartford.

11. With this in mind, Robert Kraft made an offer for an outright purchase of the team for $172 million, which Orthwein accepted.

12. In 1985, Robert Kraft bought a 10-year option on Foxboro Raceway, a horse track adjacent to the stadium.

13. In 1991, Robert Kraft exercised his option to unload his shares for an estimated $25 million.

14. At the age of 27, Robert Kraft was elected chairman of the Newton Democratic City Committee.

15. While at Columbia, Robert Kraft joined Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and played running back and safety on the school's freshman and lightweight football teams.