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Melinda French Gates Becomes Minority Owner of the Seattle Kraken
Melinda French Gates is becoming a minority owner of the Seattle Kraken, the team’s parent company said Monday, pending approval from the NHL. The size of her stake and the terms were not disclosed. French Gates, 61, the philanthropist and ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is buying into One Roof Sports and Entertainment, the company that owns the Kraken. ESPN’s Emily Kaplan first reported the deal. French Gates is worth about $30 billion, according to Forbes, and the investment is her first ownership stake in a major professional sports team. She joins a group led by majority owner Samantha Holloway that includes minority investors David Wright, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Holloway became majority owner in December 2024 after the death of her father, David Bonderman, the TPG co-founder whose group, Seattle Hockey Partners, won the expansion franchise. “As a longtime Seattle resident, it means a lot to me to have the chance to make this investment in our city and its future,” French Gates said in a statement. “I’m a big believer in the power of sports, and after many years of cheering on Seattle from the sidelines, I’m excited to have an even deeper connection to the Seattle sports community. Seattle is an engine of innovation in so many ways, and Samantha Holloway’s leadership of the Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena reflects that.” Holloway said in the statement, “Melinda is an impressive business leader, philanthropist and importantly, a Seattle sports fan. We share many of the same values, including a deep commitment to Seattle and a belief in building organizations that create lasting impact.” “It’s just time,” French Gates told ESPN. “What you’re seeing is a generation of women coming into their full power. I’ve walked into tough rooms, and being one of the few is very hard. Once we can create enough that we’re one of many, it just gets easier.” Though originally from Dallas, French Gates has lived in the Seattle area for nearly 40 years. She joined Microsoft in 1987, where she met Bill Gates, and worked on multimedia products before leaving in 1996. She co-chaired the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from 2000 until 2024 and now runs Pivotal, a Kirkland-based organization she founded in 2015 to support women and young people in the United States and abroad. One Roof Sports and Entertainment, created in March, owns the Kraken and controls Climate Pledge Arena, along with the Kraken Community Iceplex, the rebuilt Memorial Stadium, and the AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds. The group is pursuing an NBA expansion team for Seattle. What this means for the Kraken Nothing changes from a hockey operations standpoint. Jason Botterill will continue to be the GM, they are conducting an audit, they will pursue free agents and make draft picks and attempt trades and it will be business as usual there. The addition brings financial security. Though the NHL has a hard salary cap, Scouting, front office salaries, player development, analytics, facilities, and support staff are not subject to an NHL salary cap and can vary from organization to organization, depending on the owners’ willingness and ability to spend money. A group with French Gates’s money can cover all of that through a rebuild without needing the team to turn a profit, and won’t be forced to cut costs or tear the team down in a bad year. There is also a very expensive NBA bid going on. In March, the NBA’s Board of Governors voted to explore expansion in Seattle and Las Vegas, and Holloway’s group, advised by JPMorgan Chase and Moelis, is the only public Seattle bidder. The NBA hired PJT Partners to evaluate the markets, ownership groups, and arenas and the expansion fees is projected to be somewhere in the $6 to $10 billion range. French Gates is now an owner in One Roof, the group pursuing the NBA team, so her money is already behind that effort. Though we don’t know the extent of her stake, her fortune is several times the projected fee, and because the NBA weighs the strength of each ownership group, her name helps the Seattle bid. Her most visible impact will probably be in the community. The One Roof Foundation has focused on getting more kids into sports, and French Gates has spent her career working on opportunities for women and families. Holloway said, “We’re really aligned on that.” For the Kraken, the deal leaves them with a richer, steadier ownership group. For One Roof, it adds another prominent name as it tries to bring the NBA back to Seattle.
West Seattle Blog
4 days
TRAFFIC CAMS, WEATHER, TRANSIT: Tuesday info
6:01 AM: Good morning! It’s Tuesday, June 2, 2026. WEATHER + SUNRISE/SUNSET 19 days until summer, but today will feel like it – Mostly sunny, high in the low 80s. Sunrise was at 5:15 am; sunset will be at 9 pm. (WSB photo, Monday sunset along Alki Avenue) TRANSIT TODAY Metro buses – Regular schedules. […]
West Seattle Blog
5 days
About the police/fire response in North Delridge
Police are on Delridge Way north of SW Andover, where they’ve arrested someone they were reportedly after for an “order violation.” Officers asked dispatch to send SFD medics because they used a Taser to take the person into custody. No other info so far.
West Seattle Blog
5 days
BIZNOTE FOLLOWUP: New details of this year’s grandest grand opening, Thunder Road Guitars’ new home, with ‘giant giveaways’
It’s moving week for Thunder Road Guitars (WSB sponsor), heading from Morgan Junction to Admiral Junction, where West Seattle’s one-of-a-kind guitar shop will celebrate its grand opening at 2611 California SW starting Saturday morning and lasting all weekend. Thunder Road proprietor Frank Gross promised more details when he first announced the grand-opening date, and here […]
West Seattle Blog
5 days
WEST SEATTLE COYOTES: Golf Course ‘family’
Thanks to Patty for the photos. She says these coyotes were seen from the 10th green at West Seattle Golf Course this past Saturday. We don’t know if any of them are the ones shown in this report almost three weeks ago.
West Seattle Blog
5 days
WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Another overnight robbery
Seattle Police have released these two summaries together, including a holdup at the Delridge/Orchard Chevron station hours after the South Delridge 7-Eleven holdup: At 0300 hours, officers reported hearing shots fired just north of the Southwest Precinct. They responded and found an abandoned vehicle that had been recently stolen. The vehicle was checked and no […]
West Seattle Blog
5 days
Interested in water polo? Free clinic Friday with West Seattle girls-team players!
Middle- and high-school-age girls are invited to this Friday’s free clinic with West Seattle Water Polo student-athletes! Here’s the announcement sent to us to share with you: West Seattle Girls Water Polo team will be hosting a free clinic for middle and high school aged girls on Friday, June 5, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm […]
West Seattle Blog
5 days
ALSO FOUND: CDs, not far from sports/auto items
This morning we published a photo of racquet-sports and auto items found near 35th and Fauntleroy. Now we’ve received a possibly-dumped-items report from Victor, a few blocks north: Someone seemed to have dumped a collection of CDs on our lawn today? I have to wonder if it’s related to the items found near 35th and […]
West Seattle Blog
5 days
FOLLOWUP: Morgan Junction EV-charging lot opening delayed again
Passing the Morgan Junction electric-vehicle charging-lot construction site (4118 SW Morgan) over the weekend, we noticed that it didn’t appear to have made much progress. Then this morning, before we could even send Seattle City Light an inquiry, we received this note from SCL spokesperson Jenny Levesque: I would like to provide you with an […]
West Seattle Blog
5 days
READER REPORT: Sports, auto items found on a sidewalk
Recognize any of this? They were found on a sidewalk near 35th and Fauntleroy and didn’t appear to be something simply lost or purposely placed. If yours, let us know and we’ll connect you with the finder.
West Seattle Blog
5 days
Here’s our list for your West Seattle Monday!
(Weekend photo from Alki, by Bob Burns) Here’s your Monday list of highlights, mostly from our West Seattle Event Calendar: FERRY FREEBIES: All day long, in onboard galleys, Washington State Ferries’ 75th-anniversary kicks off with free small coffee or popcorn with any purchase. SPRAYPARK SEASON: Daily splashing continues at the Highland Park Spraypark (1100 SW […]
West Seattle Blog
5 days
Give the gift of life in Highland Park this week
If the usual times and places for local blood drives don’t work for you, this week brings one that might: Bethany Community Church in Highland Park is hosting a blood drive Thursday (June 4), 12:30 pm-6 pm. Donors get $15 e-gift cards. Here’s the direct link for appointments. The church is at 8600 9th SW.