India, July 13 -- Indian-born billionaire Vinod Khosla is set to become the controlling owner of the Seattle Seahawks at age 71 after a Khosla family-led group agreed to buy the NFL franchise for a record $9.612 billion. The deal, pending NFL owners' approval, would mark the most expensive franchise sale in league history. As part of the transaction, the Khosla family will sell its minority stake in the San Francisco 49ers before taking control of the Seahawks..

Born in India, 71-year-old Vinod Khosla studied electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology before moving to the US. He earned a master's degree in biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and later completed an MBA at Stanford University after bein...