Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout (with Jared Kushner)

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Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Updated 9:19 AM CDT, September 29, 2025

Electronic Arts, maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $52.5 billion in what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private-equity firms.

The private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF, and Affinity Partners will pay EA’s stockholders $210 per share. The companies value the deal at about $55 billion, including debt. Affinity Partners is run by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

The total value of the deal eclipses the $32 billion price paid to take Texas utility TXU private in 2007.

“Electronic Arts is an extraordinary company with a world-class management team and a bold vision for the future,” said Kushner, who serves as CEO of Affinity Partners. “I’ve admired their ability to create iconic, lasting experiences, and as someone who grew up playing their games - and now enjoys them with his kids - I couldn’t be more excited about what’s ahead.”

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