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Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired by an investor group including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund in the largest private equity-funded buyout in history. The investors, who also include a firm managed by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, valued the …

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Video game giant Electronic Arts is set to go private in a $55 billion deal. Confirming earlier reports, the deal — which ranks as the biggest ever leveraged buyout — involves a group of investors including private-equity firms Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners. The total figure is higher than the previous reports of $50 billion, which …

‘Battlefield’ maker Electronic Arts to go private in record $55 billion leveraged buyout  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Electronic Arts is close to reaching a $50 billion deal that will turn it into a privately held company, according to The Wall Street Journal. The video game company filed for an IPO way back in 1990 and has been public ever since, but now a group of investors are in talks with the company to take it private. Those …

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Exclusive | Videogame Giant Electronic Arts Near Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private  The Wall Street Journal Source link