James Pohlad (born 1953) is an American businessman who is the chairman and part-owner of the

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of the

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. He oversees team operations on behalf of the rest of his family, who owns the whole franchise. He is the son of businessman

Carl Pohlad Carl Ray Pohlad (August 23, 1915 – January 5, 2009) was an American financier from Minnesota. Pohlad is best known as the owner of the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 (succeeding Calvin Griffith) until his death in 2009. In 2 ...

, who made the family's fortune and originally purchased the Minnesota Twins in the 1980s.

Chairman and part-owner of the Minnesota Twins

Since Carl's death on January 5, 2009, Jim and his two brothers,

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(a film director and producer) and Bob, inherited the Twins franchise; all three serve on the team's executive board. The Twins front-office directory lists the Pohlad family as a whole as the owner of the team, but Jim serves as the ownership group's public face, handling day-to-day operations and representing the Twins at owners meetings. This structure is roughly analogous to that of the NFL's

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since the death of founding owner

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in 2006; ownership is vested collectively in his family, but eldest son

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serves as CEO and operating head of the franchise. In 2022, Pohlad transitioned control of the Twins to his nephew, Joe Pohlad.https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35133797/twins-owner-hands-day-day-operations-nephew

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