The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/09/29/jared-kushner-partners-with-saudis-to-buy-bay-area-based-game-maker-electronic-arts/Redwood City-based Electronic Arts could be taken private in a $55 billion deal announced Monday that's backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, and private equity firm Silver Lake. Electronic Arts may soon be privately owned if a deal is approved that brings together the three equity partners, in what would be the largest-ever buyout funded by private-equity firms, as the Associated Press reports. The 36-year-old game publisher behind hits like Battlefield, Madden NFL, and Bejeweled, is valued at $52.5 billion in the deal, and existing shareholders would be paid a 25-percent premium on their shar

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