EA has officially been acquired for $55 billion and is going private after 36 years as a publicly traded company.
The buyers are Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners, the investment firm run by Jared Kushner.
The deal has now cleared regulatory approval and closed.
For anyone wondering what this means for employees, there has been no announcement of layoffs tied specifically to the acquisition.
That said, EA has already gone through multiple rounds of cuts. The company eliminated about 5% of its workforce in 2024 and cut several hundred more jobs earlier this year. EA had around 14,500 employees as of March 2025.
Going private also means EA will no longer have to report quarterly results publicly.
So, nothing new has been announced on layoffs yet, but this is obviously something worth watching closely now that the acquisition is complete.
If anyone is hearing about reorganizations, team changes, hiring freezes, or cuts following the deal, please post what you're seeing.