Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social)
bsky.app
It’s official: EA is going private. The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250929186526/en/EA-Announces-Agreement-to-be-Acquired-by-PIF-Silver-Lake-and-Affinity-Partners-for-%2455-Billion

In a deal involving a company owned by Jared Kushner, a company that is basically just the Saudis, and $20B of debt.