EA may go private in one of largest buyout deals ever worth $50 billion

Electronic Arts is close to a $50 billion deal to go private. This could be one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history. A consortium including Saudi Arabia’s PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners leads the bid. JPMorgan is arranging over $20 billion in debt financing. The deal would surpass the 2007 TXU buyout.