Seattle Seahawks Sell for Staggering $9.6 Billion - Who's the Buyer?

The Seattle Seahawks sent the Paul G. Allen Estate out on top.

The Seahawks pummeled the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl LX, and from the NFL mountaintop, the Allen Estate formally announced that it had “commenced a formal sale process,” per ESPN’s Brady Henderson in February. Paul Allen died from non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2018, and his estate took over ownership of the Seahawks following his death.

In May, ESPN’s Seth Wickersham cited sources who believed the Seahawks would “sell for slightly above $9 billion.” Those sources were spot on.

On Saturday, July 11, Allen’s estate revealed with whom it will entrust the Seahawks moving forward.

“The Estate of Paul G. Allen today announced it has entered into a formal sale agreement with an ownership group led by the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla, for the Seattle Seahawks NFL franchise,” the statement reads. “The Khosla family will become the team’s controlling owner.”

The statement clarifies that the sale cannot become official until the NFL approves it “in the months ahead.”

The official statement did not disclose the terms of the sale, but ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Khosla family agreed to a $9.6 billion price tag, making it an NFL-record sale.

“The $9.612 billion purchase price for the Seattle Seahawks is 50% more than the Commanders were sold for in July 2023,” Schefter noted.

Vinod Khosla, 71, is a limited partner in the San Francisco 49ers, though he will have to sell it once the Seahawks sale is approved. As of this writing, he is worth $13.7 billion, per Forbes. He began as a Stanford graduate who co-founded Sun Microsystems before moving into venture capital. He’s founder and managing director of Khosla Ventures.

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This story was originally published July 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM.