EA. Electronic Arts. EA Sports.
It's in the game.
EA is the gaming company behind blockbuster hits like Madden.
The Sims.
The Battlefield franchise.
EA's built iconic digital worlds.
It's set records.
It's made billions.
And in the process, let's just say it's had a complicated relationship with gamers.
You know, there's definitely been some negative,
more negative sentiment around the company in recent years.
That's our colleague Lauren Thomas.
She covers mergers and acquisitions.
And she says that even though some fans harbor complicated feelings about EA, investors love it.
And one group of investors in particular.
Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, Silver Lake, big tech, private equity, firm.
and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, very interesting kind of group.
And those investors just decided to shell out a ton of money to buy EA.
Well, it was the biggest leveraged buyout of all time, believe it or not.
It was a $55 billion take private of electronic arts.