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Carl Pohlad

Investor · born August 23, 1915 · died 2009

$3.6Bolder estimate, as of 2009 · Forbes

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Carl Ray Pohlad was an American financier from Minnesota. Pohlad is best known as the owner of the Minnesota Twins baseball franchise from 1984 until his death in 2009.

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2009$3.6BForbes · current

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