It’s official: EA is selling to private equity in $55 billion deal

Friday's reports that Electronic Arts planned to go private were publicly confirmed Monday morning. Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners will join together to pay an estimated $55 billion for the video game mega-publisher in a deal being described as the "largest all-cash sponsor take-private investment in history."

EA stockholders will receive $210 per share in the deal, a 25 percent premium on the $168.32 price for a share at the close of business last Thursday (and well above the stock's $179 all-time-high share price). Share in EA closed at $193.35 on Friday after reports of the private sale first broke and are selling for roughly $203.50 per share in pre-market trading as of this writing.

EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who is expected to stay on after the deal is finalized in early 2027, said in ...