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Silicon Valley VC giant Vinod Khosla and family to buy Seattle Seahawks for $9.6 billion and must relinquish stake in the San Francisco 49ers

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July 12, 2026

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Silicon Valley VC giant Vinod Khosla and family to buy Seattle Seahawks for $9.6 billion and must relinquish stake in the San Francisco 49ers

The Seattle Seahawks are being sold to the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla, in accordance with the wishes of late team owner Paul Allen, the team announced on Saturday. The Khosla family entered into a formal agreement to purchase the defending Super Bowl champions for 9.612 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal. []

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Bloomberg

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· Jul 1, 2026

Business of Sports: Seahawks for Sale, NBA in Vegas

Bloomberg's Randall Williams joins Dani Burger and Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Deals. The first round of bids for the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks — set to be the biggest ever sale for an NFL team — were due Monday. Also former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner have hired investment bankers and discussed making a bid for the NBA expansion team in Las Vegas. (Source: Bloomberg)

Off The Press

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· Jul 12, 2026

Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks sold for NFL record $9.6B

The Seattle Seahawks are being sold in a formal agreement for 9.612 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal. The agreement to purchase the defending Super Bowl champions has been officially announced by the team but remains subject to approval by the NFL. NFL owners still have to ratify the final purchase agreement []...Click to read more

KMJNow – Fresno

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· Jul 10, 2026

Report: Two groups emerge as favorites in Seahawks’ sale process

One group from the Boston Celtics and another from the San Francisco 49ers are the leading candidates to buy the reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle ...

Variety

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· Jul 12, 2026

Tech Investor Vinod Khosla to Acquire the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks for $9.6 Billion

Tech billionaire Vinod Khosla and his family have reached an agreement to buy the Seattle Seahawks for 9.6 billion, according to people familiar with the details, as reported by Variety‘s sibling sports news outlet Sportico. The deal marks one of the largest valuations ever for a sports team in a control transaction, nearing the 10 []

Fox News

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· Jul 12, 2026

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

The Khosla family agreed to buy the Seattle Seahawks for 9.6 billion, shattering the previous NFL franchise sale record set by the Washington Commanders.

ABC7 New York

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· Jul 12, 2026

Khosla family agrees to purchase defending Super Bowl champion Seattle for $9.612B, AP source says

The Seattle Seahawks are being sold to the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla, in accordance with the wishes of late team owner Paul Allen, the team announced on Saturday.

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Related coverage for "Silicon Valley VC giant Vinod Khosla and family to buy Seattle Seahawks for $9.6 billion and must relinquish stake in the San Francisco 49ers": Bloomberg — Business of Sports: Seahawks for Sale, NBA in Vegas. Off The Press — Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks sold for NFL record $9.6B. KMJNow – Fresno — Report: Two groups emerge as favorites in Seahawks’ sale process. Variety — Tech Investor Vinod Khosla to Acquire the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks for $9.6 Billion. Fox News — Khosla family reaches deal to buy Super Bowl champion Seahawks for NFL-record price: report. ABC7 New York — Khosla family agrees to purchase defending Super Bowl champion Seattle for $9.612B, AP source says