Saudi Fund and Kushner Firm to Acquire Electronic Arts for $55 Billion

Battlefield and Madden NFL developer agrees to sell itself in a deal that would be the largest leveraged buyout in history.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners have acquired Electronic Arts (EA) for $55 billion, marking the largest leveraged buyout in history. The deal, which offers shareholders $210 per share, is expected to close by 2026, taking EA private and retaining CEO Andrew Wilson amid mixed reactions from the gaming community.