Electronic Arts (EA) agreed to sell itself to a consortium of private investors made up of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner’s firm Affinity Partners, in a deal valued at about $55 billion.

Quick Scoop: Who Did EA Sell To?

  • EA is not being bought by a single company like Microsoft or Sony, but by a group of financial investors.
  • The key buyers in this consortium are:
    • Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF)
    • U.S. tech-focused private equity firm Silver Lake
    • Jared Kushner’s investment firm Affinity Partners
  • The deal is structured as an all‑cash leveraged buyout worth about $55 billion , paying roughly $210 per share to EA shareholders.

What This Means for EA

  • EA will be taken private , meaning its stock will be delisted and it will stop reporting quarterly results like a normal public company.
  • CEO Andrew Wilson is expected to stay on and continue running the company under the new owners.

Simple Forum-Style Take

In plain terms: EA didn’t sell to another game publisher like Microsoft or Sony. It sold to big-money investment players — PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners — who are teaming up to take it private for $55B.

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