How Jared Kushner and Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban brokered the EA takeover using Kushner's deep Saudi Arabia ties; sources: Kushner's firm will own ~5% of EA
Trump's son-in-law used deep ties in Saudi Arabia to help pull off the largest buyout — Antoine Gara, James Fontanella-Khan …
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EA becomes an Associated Party and possibly a full on related party of Manchester City and Newcastle United https://www.ft.com/...
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@katjadiehl
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“Monday's takeover of EA further cements a financial axis between the US president's orbit and Washington's most powerful ally in the Arab world.” — At some point, we will reach the point where everything belongs to the super-rich. Or are we already there? — www.ft.com/conte…
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@carlquintanilla
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FT: Several people said they expected the transaction to go through fairly easily. — “.. What regulator is going to say no to the president's son-in-law?” 🤡 — @financialtimes.com $EA — www.ft.com/content/61ce...
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@tonytassell
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Big week for Jared Kushner - he was heavily involved in drafting the Trump Gaza plan. And he helped broker the biggest leveraged buyout in history - the $55bn of Electronic Art. Kushner's firm will end up holding about 5% of EA. Here is how he brokered the EA deal www.ft.com/c…
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How Jared Kushner brokered the $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts
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EA is being acquired by Saudi Arabia, Kushner
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