Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Daniel J. Houston, Deanna D. Strable-Soethout and Christopher J. Littlefield, and each of them, with full power to act as such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on such person’s behalf individually and in each capacity stated below a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the registration of 24,500,000 shares of Principal Financial Group, Inc. common stock authorized for issuance under the Principal Financial Group, Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all amendments and supplements to said Registration Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact or agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated: May 21, 2021

By	/s/ Daniel J. Houston		By	/s/ Sandra L. Helton	*
	Daniel J. Houston Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director			Sandra L. Helton Director
By	/s/ Deanna D. Strable-Soethout		By	/s/ Roger C. Hochschild	*
	Deanna D. Strable-Soethout Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer			Roger C. Hochschild Director
By	/s/ Jonathan S.Auerbach	*	By	/s/ Scott M. Mills	*
	Jonathan S. Auerbach Director			Scott M. Mills Director
By	/s/ Mary E. Beams	*	By	/s/ Diane C. Nordin	*
	Mary E. Beams Director			Diane C. Nordin Director
By	/s/ Jocelyn Carter-Miller	*	By	/s/ Blair C. Pickerell	*
	Jocelyn Carter-Miller Director			Blair C. Pickerell Director
By	/s/ Michael T. Dan	*	By	/s/ Clare S. Richer	*
	Michael T. Dan Director			Clare S. Richer Director
By	/s/ Alfredo Rivera	*
	Alfredo Rivera Director