Boston Celtics limited partner Robert Hale and HighPost Capital’s Mark Bezos have reportedly expressed interest in purchasing the franchise with Hale confirming he has a “keen interest” in possibly purchasing more of the franchise, according to The Boston Globe’s Michael Silverman and Shirley Leung.
“It is a very, very valuable asset and a lot of fun,” Hale said of his interest in the team, per the report.
Bezos, who is the half-brother of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is a founding partner of HighPost Capital, a private equity company that is based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Jeff had been rumored to have interest in potentially buying the team at one point, but Sportico reported that he has no intentions of buying the team.
The Grousbeck family announced it was selling its majority stake in the franchise in July, but there haven’t been many known candidates in line to purchase the team, at least publicly. Fenway Sports Group isn’t interested in purchasing the Celtics, according to the Sports Business Journal.
The Celtics were recently valued at $4.7 billion by Forbes back in October 2023, but the NBA is eyeing a sale price of at least $6 billion, according to The Ringer’s Bill Simmons.
