Durban, 52 years old, was part of a new generation of leaders at Silver Lake who took the helm in 2011. He and Greg Mondre assumed the title of co-CEOs in 2019, with Durban working out of the firm’s Menlo Park, Calif., office and Mondre based in New York.

Jared Kushner has found a role in the $55 billion Electronic Arts megadeal. His involvement could ease its passage through Washington.

This week’s take-private of EA further cements a financial axis between the US president’s orbit and Washington’s most powerful ally in the Arab world.

The $55 billion deal would make EA private, with Saudi Arabia’s PIF and Kushner-backed firms taking control amid gaming and political controversy.

In a somewhat surprising team up, Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund are joining together to buy video game giant Electronic Arts for a staggering $55 billion.

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.

The Electronic Arts deal, the largest ever leveraged buyout, is backed by Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity

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,