Potential partners to join Khosla family to buy Seahawks reportedly leak
> Included among the reported potential new investors is the Carlyle Group Inc., a New York-based global investment firm that in 2024 paid a reported $58 million to buy 97% of the Seattle Reign in a partnership with the Seattle Sounders. Bloomberg reported that Carlyle and Dynasty Equity Partners Management, a New York-based firm, “are in talks regarding a joint bid” to join the consortium.
> Bloomberg reported that the Khosla family — which reached agreement to buy the team on July 11 — is also in discussions with “former Sequoia Capital managing partner Mark Stevens and the private equity firm Sixth Street Partners” about becoming part of the new Seahawks ownership group.
> Sixth Street, based in San Francisco also owns a reported 20% share of the San Antonio Spurs, 25% of FC Barcelona and is lead investor of Bay FC of the NWSL as well as also holding reported stakes in the San Francisco Giants and Boston Celtics.
> As Bloomberg noted, Stevens owns a stake in the Golden State Warriors and is managing partner of S-Cubed Capital while Dynasty Equity also owns a stake in Liverpool FC.
> NFL ownership groups must have a controlling owner that accounts for 30% of the equity. The entire group can contain no more than 25 total owners, including the controlling owner, other individuals and families and private equity firms, according to a 2024 story on the league’s website. The league in 2024 approved that teams can sell stakes to multiple private equity firms for up to 10% of the total ownership, though each stake must account for at least 3%.