ea, Jared Kushner and Silver Lake
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Despite no longer having an official role in the White House during his father-in-law’s second administration, Jared Kushner is increasingly becoming more entrenched in his ties to the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia,
Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF, and Affinity Partners will pay EA’s stockholders $210 per share. Affinity Partners is run by President Donald Trump ’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Video game firm Electronic Arts is set to be acquired for about $55 billion in an agreement involving Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, a private equity group and an investment firm founded by Jared Kushner,
The $55 billion deal would make EA private, with Saudi Arabia’s PIF and Kushner-backed firms taking control amid gaming and political controversy.
Jared Kushner is having quite the week. He’s involved in high-profile talks over the war in Gaza and he’s front and centre of the biggest leveraged buyout in history. This week, a consortium including Kushner’s Affinity Partners agreed a $55bn deal to take video games maker Electronic Arts private.
Ivanka Trump’s husband Jared Kushner has built a fortune through real estate and politics, and in 2025 his firm is making headlines with billion-dollar deals. Find out more here.