Electronic Arts Nears Roughly $50 Billion Deal To Go Private

According to the Wall Street Journal, the videogame giant Electronic Arts is nearing a $50 billion deal to go private. A group of investors, including private-equity firms Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, may announce a deal for Electronic Arts as soon as next week. The report says it “would likely be the largest leveraged buyout of all time.”

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