Khosla family closes record $9.6 billion purchase of Super Bowl champion Seahawks

Paul Allen was the Microsoft co-founder who saved professional football in Seattle.

The Seahawks announced the final step eight days after NFL owners approved the sale.

The sale happened in accordance with the wishes of late team owner Paul Allen, whose estate began selling the team in February.

The Khosla family was required to relinquish its ownership stake in the San Francisco 49ers as part of the deal.

Forbes puts Vinod Khosla's current net worth at $13.7 billion.

Forbes says Khosla Ventures invests in experimental technologies such as biomedicine and robotics and was the first venture firm to invest in OpenAI.

The Seahawks won two Super Bowl titles during Allen-family ownership, including Super Bowl LX in February.

The Seahawks put out a video thanking the Allen family for their stewardship on Wednesday.

Front Office Sports reported that Aditya Mittal and Wyc Grousbeck had been in conversations to join as minority partners.

The Khoslas needed at least $1.68 billion available to meet the minimum 30 percent ownership threshold.

The Khosla family is the fourth controlling owner in franchise history since Seattle was granted an expansion team in 1974.

Kickoff against New England is at 5:20 p.m.

Vinod and Neeru are husband and wife and Neal is their son.

The co-owners include two private equity firms in Sixth Street and Carlyle and Dynasty.

NFL rules cap private equity at no more than 10% of the ownership group.

Vinod Khosla posted pictures of a new puppy named Hawk, whose full name Neal said is C. Hawk Khosla.

Sixth Street was part of the investor group that bought the Boston Celtics in 2025 from Grousbeck.

The Carlyle Group bought a stake in the Seattle Reign in 2024.

Carlyle teamed with Dynasty to pursue NFL ownership and hired Hall of Fame running back Curtis Martin as a strategic adviser.

The Allen estate reached an agreement with the Khosla group on July 11.

Sixth Street has a reported stake in the New England Patriots.

Mark Stevens is a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors with a net worth estimated at $10.5 billion.

The sale process began Feb. 18, when the Seahawks announced the team was officially on the market.

Putting the team up for sale followed Paul Allen's will that the estate eventually sell his sports holdings and direct proceeds to philanthropy.

The Khosla family bought a 3.1% share of the 49ers in May 2025.

Mark Stevens was an early investor in Google and PayPal.

NFL approval and closing took roughly two months.

The Khosla family has reportedly not yet sold its 49ers stake but will eventually.

Val Blavatnik is on the Warner Music Group board and is the son of Len Blavatnik, whose company owns most of WMG.

Allen bought the team after Behring attempted to move it to Southern California.

Behring purchased the team in 1988 for $80 million from a Nordstrom-led original ownership group.

The original group paid $16 million to join as an expansion franchise in 1974.

The Seahawks played their first game in 1976.

The third sale of the Seahawks in the franchise's 50-year NFL history is official.

This is the first time a defending Super Bowl champion has been sold within months of winning it all.

The introduction is more than six hours before the Seahawks host New England in the NFL kickoff game.

Neeru Khosla is Vinod Khosla's 71-year-old wife and high-school sweetheart from India.

Neeru Khosla co-founded the CK-12 Foundation in 2006.

Neeru Khosla is a Stanford graduate like her husband and their son.

Neeru Khosla earned two degrees in molecular biology, from Delhi University and a master's from San Jose State.

Neeru Khosla paused her career to support her children growing up.

Neal Khosla is co-founder and CEO of Curai Health, a virtual primary-care company that uses artificial intelligence.

CK-12's objective is to reduce textbook costs and increase access to low-cost K-12 education worldwide.

The CK-12 website uses AI to offer free online textbooks from kindergarten through adult education, including ESL.

Neal Khosla is in his late 30s.

Mark Stevens is a former Sequoia Capital managing partner.

Val Blavatnik is an investor in global media and technology.

Sheryl Sokoloff is the wife of the managing partner of Leonard Green & Partners.

Jesse van der Werf is president and CEO of Heavy Metal Equipment & Rentals.