The Seattle Seahawks are on the verge of a new ownership era, with the estate of Paul G. Allen announcing a formal sale agreement to a group led by the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla. The team’s controlling owner will be the Khosla family, and the deal is subject to owner approval.
The reported price is an NFL-record $9.6 billion.
That figure puts the sale among the biggest in league history, and it also comes with a wrinkle that will need to be sorted out under NFL bylaws: the same ownership interest holds about a 3-ish% stake in the San Francisco 49ers. That share is expected to be sold.
The announcement answers a question that has hovered over the franchise since Paul Allen’s passing. Jodi Allen, leading the Paul Allen Trust, has now reached the point where the Seahawks are being handed to new stewards.
Several outlets have already started digging into what the change means and who the new owners are. Coverage from Seahawks.com confirmed that the estate entered into a formal agreement with an ownership group led by the Khosla family. Other reports described Vinod Khosla as the new majority owner, while one noted the sale was all but finalized.
The timing makes this especially notable, with training camp just a few weeks away. The franchise is about to head into a new chapter, and the ownership transition is moving fast enough that it has already become the dominant Seahawks story.
For now, the headline is simple: the Seahawks have been sold, and the Khosla family is set to take control.
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