Electronic Arts has been taken private in a $55 billion deal led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, according to the report. The transaction is being described as the largest leveraged buyout ever completed, making it a landmark moment for both the gaming industry and global dealmaking.
The buyer group also includes Silver Lake and another investment partner linked to Jared Kushner. With the deal now closed, EA is no longer a publicly traded company, ending its run on the stock market and placing the publisher under a new ownership structure.
A major focus now is the financing behind the takeover. The report says EA is carrying roughly $20 billion in new debt as part of the buyout, a burden analysts expect to have a meaningful effect on the company's future.
That debt load could influence how EA is managed, how aggressively it invests, and how its broader business is reshaped under private ownership. While the full impact will take time to emerge, the scale of the Saudi-led leveraged buyout makes EA's transition one of the most closely watched developments in the industry.
