POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Paul J. Dechary the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
| (1) | obtain credentials (including codes or passwords) to enable the undersigned to submit and file documents, forms and information required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) or any rule or regulation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (EDGAR) system, including preparing, executing in the undersigneds name and on the undersigneds behalf, and submitting to the SEC a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the SEC, and enrolling the undersigned in EDGAR Next or any successor filing system; |
| (2) | act as an account administrator for the undersigneds EDGAR account, including: (i) appointing, removing and replacing account administrators, technical administrators, account users, and delegated entities; (ii) maintaining the security of the undersigneds EDGAR account, including modification of access codes; (iii) maintaining, modifying and certifying the accuracy of information on the undersigneds EDGAR account dashboard; and (iv) taking any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T; |
| (3) | cause Monster Beverage Corporation (the Company) to accept a delegation of authority from the undersigneds EDGAR account administrators and authorize the Companys EDGAR account administrators pursuant to that delegated entity designation to appoint, remove or replace users for the undersigneds EDGAR account; |
| (4) | execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, and Forms 144 in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act); |
| (5) | seek or obtain, as the undersigneds representative and on the undersigneds behalf, information on transactions in the Companys securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to any attorney-in-fact and further approves and ratifies any such release of information; |
| (6) | do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or Form 144, or other required report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such forms or reports with the SEC, Nasdaq and any stock exchange or similar authority as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act; and |
| (7) | take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney‑in‑fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney‑in‑fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion. |
The undersigned hereby grants the attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of September, 2026.
/s/ Michael V. Rodriguez
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Michael V. Rodriguez
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