沙特阿拉伯公投基金与包括贾瑞德·库什纳旗下Affinity Partners和银湖合伙公司在内的投资者集团以550亿美元收购了电子艺界（EA），该交易已于周二完成。[1]这笔交易将这家成立于1982年、拥有36年上市历史的游戏公司实现私有化。[1]
库什纳表示，投资方"很兴奋能够支持公司继续开拓新的受众、激励下一代创意工作者，并扩展全球用户通过游戏相互连接的方式。"[1]截至2025年3月，EA拥有14,500名员工，年收入介于70亿至76亿美元之间。[1]近期该公司经历了人事调整，在2024年裁减约5%的员工，并在2025年5月进一步裁减数百个工作岗位。[1]
Electronic Arts has been acquired by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, alongside Affinity Partners—operated by Jared Kushner—and Silver Lake Partners, in a deal valued at $55 billion [1]. The transaction concluded on Tuesday following European Union approval, marking the privatization of the gaming company after 36 years as a publicly traded entity [1].
EA, founded in 1982, generated annual revenue between $7 billion and $7.6 billion and employed approximately 14,500 people as of March 2025 [1]. Jared Kushner, representing Affinity Partners, stated: "We're excited to support the company as it continues to reach new audiences, inspire the next generation of creators, and expand the ways people around the world connect through play" [1].
The deal comes amid workforce pressures in the gaming sector, with EA having undertaken a 5 percent reduction in staff during 2024 and cutting hundreds of additional positions in May 2025 [1].