Videogame giant Electronic Arts could this week agree to the biggest ever leveraged buyout, going private in a $50-billion megadeal.
The company — whose titles include the soccer series formerly known as FIFA, Madden NFL, and The Sims — is in advanced talks with the private-equity firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, and the investment firm that is headed by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, multiple outlets reported.
The deal would mark a return to the era of huge leveraged buyouts that fell out of fashion in recent years over poor performance, and signal a revival of large-cap mergers and acquisitions.