Two Other Bidders For The Seattle Seahawks Have Emerged

It's rare enough that an NFL team goes on sale, let alone one that's enjoyed as much recent success as the Seattle Seahawks. But as multiple billionaires weigh offers for the defending Super Bowl champions, a few more potential bidders are reportedly stepping up.

According to Sportico, two separate groups with ties to successful sports teams are believed to be weighing bids. One consists of Aditya Mittal and Wyc Grousbeck, both of whom have at one point or another owned part of the Boston Celtics. The other is led by Vinod Khosla, a current partner of the San Francisco 49ers.

Mittal is the CEO of ArcelorMittal, a multi-billion dollar steel company, and boasts an estimated net worth of over $20 billion.

Grousbeck has a net worth of $300 million and won two NBA titles as majority owner of the Celtics from 2002 to 2025. However, once his term as governor of the Celtics ends in 2028 in correspondence to his 2025 sale of the team, he's going to pocket upwards of $6 billion from the sale to Bill Chisholm.

Khosla is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures with a net worth of over $13 billion.

Sale Price?

The current record for an NFL team sale is $6.05 billion, which Josh Harris paid to pry the Washington Commanders out of Dan Snyder's hands back in 2023 (to much fanfare). The highest valuation given to an NFL team came recently when the New York Giants sold a 10-percent stake in the team to Julia Koch with a $10 billion valuation.

As a result, the expectation is that whoever buys the Seahawks is going to have to shell out somewhere between $9-11 billion.

The team was previously owned by Paul Allen, and is now operated by his sister Jody Allen. His estate will reportedly donate the proceeds of the team's impending sale to charity.

Given the success that the Seahawks have enjoyed in the 21st century, fans would probably prefer that the team go to someone with at least some experience in managing a major sports franchise.

There were previous reports that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and former Apple CEO Tim Cook were planning on making bids for the Seahawks, but those reports have been debunked.

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This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM.