It was hardly a surprise when Paul Allen’s estate announced Friday that it had reached a formal agreement to sell the Portland Trail Blazers to Tom Dundon and a group of investors.

After all, the sides had been in the middle of an exclusive negotiating window for roughly a month.

What did come as a surprise, however, was that Dundon’s ownership group now includes a new — and notable — investor: The Cherng Family Trust.

The trust is the investment firm of Andrew and Peggy Cherng, the founders of Panda Express and the Panda Restaurant Group, and their family. The Cherngs have a net worth of $7.5 billion, according to Forbes, meaning they would be the wealthiest investors in Dundon’s group.

What do we know about the largest financial backers of the group poised to own the Blazers?

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