Primary Job Title President Primary Organization 
Dakota Holdings inc
Gender Male
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Robert Pohlad has served as President of Dakota Holdings, LLC (and its predecessors), which operates more than 25 businesses in financial services and banking, commercial real estate, automotive sales and sports and entertainment, since 1987.
From 2002 until its acquisition by PepsiCo in 2010, Pohlad was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
PepsiAmericas, Inc., an independent publicly traded company. PepsiAmericas, Inc. was formed from several independent bottlers in 1998, and, under Pohlad’s tenure, it grew to become the second-largest bottler of PepsiCo products at the time of its acquisition.
Previously, Pohlad held several other executive positions at bottling companies. Pohlad is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Puget Sound as well as a former member and chair of the Board of Visitors of the University of Minnesota Medical School.
