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Khosla Family Agrees to Buy Seattle Seahawks Pending NFL Owners' Approval
Vinod Khosla and his wife Neeru are leading a group to acquire the NFL franchise. Neeru Khosla would serve as controlling owner if the deal receives league approval.
Jul 18, 8:11 AM·1m read1 source
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A group led by Vinod Khosla and his wife Neeru has agreed to buy the Seattle Seahawks for $9.6 billion, with the transaction now awaiting approval from the rest of the NFL's owners, ESPN reported. The agreement would make the family the latest Silicon Valley investors to enter NFL ownership, and Neeru Khosla would serve as the controlling owner under terms outlined in a league memo obtained by the network.
Their son Neal Khosla is expected to hold a significant leadership role in the ownership group.
Vinod Khosla, 71, built his career in technology after arriving in the United States in 1976. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi and a master's degree in biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University before attending Stanford business school.
Vinod Khosla was born in India in 1955 to an army officer father and met Neeru Khosla in high school there; the couple has four children.
In 1982 he co-founded Sun Microsystems. He later launched Khosla Ventures in 2004, which invested early in companies including DoorDash, Instacart and Impossible Foods. The firm bought a 5 percent stake in OpenAI for $50 million in 2019; Forbes valued the company at $852 billion in March.
