Adrian Hanauer

Lore & Background

Hanauer's family owned the Pacific Coast Feather Company, a down pillow, feather bed, and high-end bedding products manufacturer founded in 1884 in Germany, now headquartered in Seattle. He began working there at age 13 but never held an executive position. He founded Museum Quality Framing in 1988, a chain of custom frame stores in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. He also owned a chain of pizza stores called Mad Pizza. As an early investor in Amazon and aQuantive, he turned a substantial profit when aQuantive went public in 2000 and again when Microsoft purchased it in 2007. He became managing partner for the USL Seattle Sounders in 2001, reducing annual losses from $1 million to $350,000. The team went 23-4-1 in his first season as interim general manager, the second best record in USL history, and reached the league championship game three times, winning twice. He invested $250,000 for a 15% stake in Cambridge United FC in May 2007. In 2005, he founded business incubator and venture capital company Curious Office Partners. He and his brother sold the Pacific Coast Feather Company in 2018. He joined the ownership group of the Seattle Kraken in 2018. He and his mother Lenore acquired a minority stake in Reign FC in 2019, later acquired by OL Groupe in December 2019. The Reign were acquired by the Sounders and The Carlyle Group in 2024; Hanauer serves as governor.

Did You Know?

• He invested $250,000 for a 15% stake in English club Cambridge United FC in May 2007.
• He saw his first NASL Sounders game at age 8.