BREAKINGVIEWS-Electronic Arts takeover resets the buyout game: podcast

Reuters

2025/10/09

BREAKINGVIEWS-Electronic Arts takeover resets the buyout game: podcast

The host is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.

By Jonathan Guilford

NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Follow on Apple or Spotify. Listen on the Reuters app. Read the episode transcript.

Listen to the podcast.

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund and private equity firm Silver Lake are pouring vast resources into their $55 bln acquisition of the ‘FC’ videogame developer. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how the record deal turns received M&A wisdom on its head.

Follow Jonathan Guilford on X and LinkedIn.

FURTHER READING

Electronic Arts allows for a buyout high score

Saudi’s EA buyout looks like risky mission creep

Saudi megafund’s success rests on fuzzy local bets

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