Battlefield Maker Electronic Arts to Go Private in Record $55 Billion Leveraged Buyout
Sep 29, 2025 - 16:00

EA's deal would be the largest leveraged buyout on record, eclipsing TXU Energy's 2007 takeover and other landmark transactions of that decade, including Toys "R" Us and Hertz, and comes amid a rebound in global dealmaking as easing borrowing costs revive appetite for mega-transactions.