No Robert Kraft the Owner of the Patriots is not related in any way to Kraft Foods. Patriots owner made his money from manufacturing, he started International Forest Products: owns mills, manufactures and distributes paper and packaging products in 80 countries.
Kraft Foods was formed in late 1923 by Thomas H. McInnerne. Patriots owner was born in 1943.
Public traded stock for Kraft foods, so the answer is no.
Well, that said, although the two entities are not related, that does not mean that Mr. Kraft has not personally owned shares of Kraft Foods, Inc. (NYSE:KFT) or those of Coca-Cola, AT&T, etc. He may or may not have owned any shares of Kraft Foods, Inc., at some point.... same as anybody else. Kraft Foods, Inc. and The Kraft Group are not related: the former is publicly traded and the latter is privately held.
Yes
On January 27, 2003, Philip Morris Companies Inc. changed its name to Altria Group, Inc. On March 30, 2007, a spin out of Kraft Foods subsidiary (publicly traded since 2001) was concluded through distribution of the remaining stake of shares (88.1%) to Altria shareholders. As a result, Altria no longer holds any interest in Kraft Foods. (see Wikipedia, "Altria Group")
James L. Kraft founded his cheese marketing service in Chicago in 1903. At some point after that he started making his own and the rest is history. You might find a more specific answer at the Kraft website.
Robert Kraft has been the long time owner of the NFL team, the New England Patriots. He also owns a professional US soccer team called the New England Revolution.
No, Kraft does not Own KFC; Pepsi Co. Does, along with Taco Bell, A & W.
Kraft owns Nabisco.
Nestle is actually a public traded company with shareholders. There is no one individual owner. Instead, thousands of people own a portion of the company.
New England Patriots.
A very large number of mutual funds will own Kraft as it is a major US public corporation. The fund would have to be allowed to own stock.
Kraft and Marlboro is all I know of so far. He owns many more than that.
There are several corporations that own other corporations. Kraft is one. Two companies that Kraft owns are Cadbury, and Del Monte. Nestle owns L'Oreal. Yum owns Pizza Hut.
The Oreo creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookie is manufactured in many countries around the globe. Their website is listed as a related link, below:
No one person owns Home Depot. It is a publicly traded stock corporation, and is owned by everyone that owns a share of stock. If you wanted, you could go buy a share of stock, and become a part owner.