--- title: "EA Is Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, & Affinity Partners" url: https://daily.dev/posts/ea-is-acquired-by-pif-silver-lake-affinity-partners-rquv0p3oc source_url: https://80.lv/articles/electronic-arts-is-officially-acquired-by-pif-silver-lake-affinity-partners type: article source: "80 LEVEL" published: 2026-08-05T06:55:07.188Z updated: 2026-08-06T07:48:45.289Z tags: ["business", "gaming"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # EA Is Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, & Affinity Partners **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Electronic Arts has been officially acquired by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners in a $55 billion deal, one of the largest take-private transactions in the tech and gaming sector. PIF will hold 93.4% of EA, Silver Lake 5.5%, and Affinity Partners 1.1%. The deal, originally announced in September 2025 and approved by stockholders in December, closed on August 4 after a brief regulatory delay. EA CEO Andrew Wilson framed the acquisition as the start of a new growth chapter, while PIF emphasized its long-term strategic interest in entertainment and sports. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#business](https://daily.dev/tags/business), [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ea-is-acquired-by-pif-silver-lake-affinity-partners-rquv0p3oc)