About Pohlad family
Three brothers - Bill, Bob and Jim Pohlad - own and manage a group of more than 30 diverse Minneapolis-based businesses. They inherited the Pohlad Companies from their father, self-made billionaire Carl Pohlad (d. 2009), who started out delivering laundry and sweeping floors in the Depression-era Midwest. In the 1950s, he launched a banking and financial services firm. Over the years, the business expanded into commercial real estate, automotive sales, sports, entertainment and investments. In 1984 Pohlad bought the Minnesota Twins for about $36 million; part of the family's holdings, the team... Read More
Three brothers - Bill, Bob and Jim Pohlad - own and manage a group of more than 30 diverse Minneapolis-based businesses. They inherited the Pohlad Companies from their father, self-made billionaire Carl Pohlad (d. 2009), who started out delivering laundry and sweeping floors in the Depression-era Midwest. In the 1950s, he launched a banking and financial services firm. Over the years, the business expanded into commercial real estate, automotive sales, sports, entertainment and investments. In 1984 Pohlad bought the Minnesota Twins for about $36 million; part of the family's holdings, the team is now worth almost $670 million. Son Jim took over as the team's chief executive after Pohlad died at age 93. He also runs the family's real estate development and investment interests. Brother Bob was chairman and CEO of family's PepsiAmericas Inc. until the bottler was acquired by PepsiCo. in 2010. He was appointed director of PepsiCo in March 2015 and also oversees the family's automotive and real estate services companies. Bill Pohlad, a film producer and director, runs the entertainment businesses and the Pohlad Family Foundation. UMB Financial acquired the family's financial services arm in June 2015 in an all-stock deal worth about $180 million. Read Less
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