Who are Vinod and Neeru Khosla? Meet the new Seahawks owners

Updated July 11, 2026, 9:50 p.m. ET

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information.

The Seattle Seahawks have new owners.

Vinod Khosla, a limited partner of the San Francisco 49ers, led a group to purchase the NFL team from the Allen family for a record $9.6 billion, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Kholsa’s wife, Neeru Khosla, will work as the controlling owner, disputing a previous report that Vinod Kholsa would hold that role.

Who are the Khoslas, the new Seahawks owners?

Well, Vinod Kholsa is a 71-year-old billionaire businessman from India who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. Neeru Kholsa is the co-founder and chair of the CK-12 Foundation. The two have been together since they were young.

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Vinod Kholsa is worth $15.6 billion, according to Forbes. He and his wife will now take over the Super Bowl champs, with Neeru Kholsa the one directly working with the league’s owners and taking on a major role in shaping the future of the NFL.

Who owned the Seahawks before this?

The family of the late tech businessman Paul Allen.