Minnesota Twins, Wild and Craig Leipold
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New executive chair Tom Pohlad said the team isn’t “far off” from making a significant investment of “50 or 60 million dollars.”
The family of a New York diamond trader, a Minnesota investment manager and a National Hockey League team owner are all new minority owners of the Twins, joining the Pohlad family’s decades-long quest to sustain a championship-level — and profitable — Major League Baseball organization.
Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold says he wants the Canadian players to feel supported in the state during the 2026 world juniors.
Tom Pohlad, the current executive chair of Pohlad Companies, will succeed his brother, Joe Pohlad, as the baseball team’s executive chair and replace his uncle, Jim Pohlad, as the primary liaison to MLB. Jim Pohlad had handed over day-to-day operations to Joe Pohlad before the 2023 season.
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Tom Pohlad takes over from brother Joe and will run the Twins. ‘It’s been hard on our family.’
New principal investors are George Hicks and Glick Family Investments; Wild owner Craig Leipold is joining independently.
The Twins finally revealed the identities of their new limited partners and also shook up the ownership structure. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.
Last summer at the start of free agency, Wild owner Craig Leipold floated the idea that, for the team’s fans, it could be Christmas in July. On Friday night, general manager Bill Guerin reminded fans that Christmas comes in December.
Justin Terch, Chris Galvin, Laura Watterson, John Ghingo, Catherine Hall, Melissa Kjolsing, George Hicks, Craig Leipold and a shakeup between Pohlad brothers.