Joe Craft

Joe Craft
Born 1950
Hazard, Kentucky, United States
Residence Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Kentucky
Occupation Businessman
Employer Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
Net worth US$1.4 billion (February 2011)[1]

Joseph "Joe" Craft III (born 1950), a Kentucky native,[2] is an American businessman and philantrophist. He's the president and chief executive officer of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., the third-largest coal producer in the eastern United States.[3]

Craft received an undergraduate degree in accounting in 1972 from the University of Kentucky before earning a law degree in 1976. During his time at the University of Kentucky, Craft was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

The Joe Craft Center, a state-of-the-art basketball practice facility for the Kentucky Wildcats men's and women's basketball teams was named for him after he pledged $6 million toward the completion of the project. This was the largest private gift in the history of UK Athletics.[4]

Political activism

In January 2012 Craft donated around $500,000 to Restore Our Future, a Super PAC supporting Mitt Romney.[5]

Awards

References

  1. "Joseph W. Craft Profile". Forbes. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  2. "Hazard native gives generously to UK". Hazard Herald. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. "Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Announces Acquisition of Coal Supply Agreements from Affiliate of Patriot Coal Corporation". Business Wire. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. "UK Athletics Receives Record Gift". The University of Kentucky. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  5. "Billionaire Joe Craft at nexus of Kentucky basketball, coal and politics". Lexington Herald-Leader. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Joseph W. Craft III - 2008 Outstanding Business Leader
  7. "Alliance Exec Among Regional Honorees". Tulsa World. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

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