Khosla family reaches deal to buy Super Bowl champion Seahawks for NFL-record price: report

Months aft capturing their 2nd Super Bowl title, the Seattle Seahawks are poised to statesman the 2026 play nether a caller ownership structure. A radical led by Vinod Khosla, his woman Neeru and their lad Neal is acceptable to go the 4th ownership radical successful the franchise's 51-year history.

The Khosla household reportedly reached a $9.6 cardinal statement with the Paul Allen property to instrumentality controlling involvement successful the Seahawks, a grounds terms tag for an NFL franchise.

The NFL’s astir caller ownership alteration came successful 2023, erstwhile a radical led by Josh Harris purchased the Washington Commanders for a then-record $6.05 billion.

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Detail presumption of Seattle Seahawks helmets earlier an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected Dec. 7, 2025. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

The Seahawks’ reported $9.6 cardinal terms tag would easy eclipse the NFL’s all-time merchantability record, but it inactive wouldn't surpass the $10 cardinal merchantability of the Los Angeles Lakers past October — the richest woody successful North American sports history.

The Seahawks confirmed the pending merchantability successful a statement, though fiscal presumption were not disclosed.

Vinod Khosla, a constricted spouse with the San Francisco 49ers, volition beryllium required to merchantability his family’s number involvement successful the squad arsenic portion of the statement earlier becoming the Seahawks’ controlling owner.

"We are honored to beryllium entrusted arsenic the adjacent stewards of the Seattle Seahawks," Vinod Khosla said successful a connection connected behalf of the Khosla family. "We look guardant to gathering connected the winning bequest Paul Allen created and to earning the spot of the Seahawks enactment and fans everywhere."

A wide general presumption of the Super Bowl LX trophy solemnisation astatine Lumen Field successful Seattle, Washington. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

Before the merchantability tin go official, it indispensable beryllium approved by astatine slightest 24 of the NFL’s 32 owners. That ballot could travel arsenic soon arsenic precocious adjacent period astatine a league meeting, according to ESPN, though the woody indispensable archetypal beryllium reviewed by the league’s concern committee.

Beyond the Khosla family, it remains unclear what different parties are perchance progressive successful the capitalist group.

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Vinod and Neeru Khosla person been joined since 1980. Vinod is listed arsenic the co-founder of Sun Microsystems. He aboriginal created Khosla Ventures. Their son, Neal Khosla, is simply a Stanford postgraduate and the co-founder and CEO of Curai Health. Neeru Khosla graduated from San Jose State University with a master's grade successful molecular biology and is besides an entrepreneur.

Jody Allen has chaired the Paul G. Allen Estate since her brother’s decease successful October 2018. In February, the property enactment the Seahawks up for sale, pursuing Allen’s wishes that his assets yet beryllium sold, and the proceeds sent to charity.

Seattle Seahawks players basal successful the huddle during an NFL divisional playoff crippled against the San Francisco 49ers astatine Lumen Field successful Seattle, Washington connected Jan. 17, 2026. (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)

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Earlier this week, Front Office Sports reported that a radical led by Celtics alternate governors Wyc Grousbeck and Aditya Mittal was viewed arsenic 1 of 2 finalists successful the Seahawks bidding process.

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