Video game maker Electronic Arts to be acquired and taken private for $55 billion

Video game maker Electronic Arts to be acquired and taken private for $55 billion Economy Sep 29, 2025 9:56 AM EDT

Electronic Arts, maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $55 billion, the biggest leveraged buyout attempt in history.

Under the terms of the deal announced Monday, 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. Affinity Partners is a private equity firm run by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Electronic Arts would be taken private.

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The total value of the deal eclipses the