EA pinky promises to ‘maintain creative control’ in its post-buyout era, but the list of ‘cultural values’ it plans to keep doesn’t mean much at all
The $55 billion buyout of EA—the largest leveraged buyout in private equity history—has plunged the future of the corporation into uncertainty. It’s gotta find some way to deal with the $20 billion of debt its buyers have lumbered it with, and some fear that its new owners—featuring Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment fund and Jared Kushner’s…