| POHLAD FAMILY INTERESTS |
Entrepreneurial Management; Strong Financial Backing
The Pohlad interests have developed to include a variety of businesses in different industry segments. Founded by Carl R. Pohlad in the 1950’s, the initial focus was on banking and related financial services. Throughout the years, business interests have expanded to include bottling, real estate, airline and freight operations, film and production and major league baseball with the Minnesota Twins.
Today, the Pohlad family remains committed to businesses with experienced and entrepreneurial management and relationship-based service. In addition to their business interest, the Pohlad family has a long history of community involvement, including service on boards of civic and charitable organizations. Click below to learn more about other Pohlad Family interests.
Major League Baseball The Minnesota Twins major league baseball team is the winner of the 2002, 2003 and 2004 American League Central Division as well as two World Series Championships. The Twins have been privately held by the Pohlad Family since 1984.
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Beverage The Pohlad interests in the Pepsi business span 36 years and today consist of an 8.7% interest in PepsiAmericas (NYSE:PAS), the second largest Pepsi bottler in the world offering a full line of soft drink beverages with revenue in excess of $3 billion dollars. Its trademarks include Pepsi, Mt. Dew, Aquafina, Lipton Tea, Tropicana and Dr. Pepper. The Company’s territories are in the central U.S., Caribbean and Central Europe, serving a combined population in excess of 120 million. PepsiAmericas’ corporate headquarters are in Minneapolis, MN, while its U.S. operations are based in Chicago and European operations are based in Budapest, Hungary. PepsiAmericas employs 15,000 people across its territories.
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Film Production River Road Entertainment is an integrated entertainment company whose principal business is the development and production of feature films and documentaries. River Road’s current slate of films include Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, and Madonna’s documentary tentatively titled “I Want This To Be the Truth.” River Road projects currently in production or pre-production include Steve Shainberg’s “Fur,” An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey, Jr., Brett Morgan’s new documentary “C7,” about the Chicago 7, and Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” starring Benicio Del Toro. River Road has a first-look-co-financing and co-production deal with Focus Features, one of the industry’s leading distributors of independent films. River Road has offices in Beverly Hills and Minneapolis.
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Real Estate United Properties is a diversified commercial real estate company involved in real estate services, development and investments, handling multiple product types including office, industrial, retail and residential. Current projects include development of six for-sale multi-family residential communities slated for completion throughout 2005 and 2006. United Properties provides comprehensive services to its clients in Brokerage, Corporate Real Estate Services, Property Management, Development and Investments. Based in the Twin Cities, United Properties has more than 400 employees and has been recognized as one of the Twin Cities’ Great Places to Work by the Business Journal and as the 2004 Developer of the Year by the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties.
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Employee Benefits, Compensation Stanton Group is a single source solution for middle-market employers. Stanton Group includes Stanton Trust Company, N.A., Stanton Investment Services, Inc., Acclaim Benefits and Harris-Homeyer Company. Serving over 2,500 clients nationwide, our consultants assist employers in designing, procuring, communicating and managing group insurance, retirement and compensation programs. Founded in 1953, Stanton Group continues to create innovative, flexible and integrated solutions based on each client’s unique needs and objectives.
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