Electronic Arts to be Sold for $55 Billion

The US company Electronic Arts today announced that it has accepted an acquisition offer, with an estimated total value of around 55 billion dollars. The buyer is a consortium that includes PIF (Public Investment Fund), the fund that manages Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth and which in recent years has invested very substantial sums in the sector; alongside PIF are Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, US investment companies.

Details of EA's Acquisition

As explained by Business Wire, the three buyers will receive 100% of Electronic Arts' shares (PIF already holds 9.9% of the company's shares). After the operation is completed, Electronic Arts shares will no longer be available on the market. The transaction is expected to be finalized in the first quarter of 2027; EA's headquarters will remain in Redwood City, California, and Andrew Wilson will remain CEO. 

The Second Largest Acquisition in History

The monstrous sum that the consortium will pay to buy Electronic Arts places this operation in second place in the ranking of the largest acquisitions of all time in the video game sector. As you know, the highest step on the podium belongs to the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard by Microsoft, which was finalized in 2023, after a long and rather turbulent process that we followed together on the pages of Gamesurf.