Affinity Partners
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Oct 26, 2026
Nick WigerHOST
I'll read a little bit more from this article.
Nick WigerHOST
Electronic Arts was acquired and went fully private in August in a joint private equity deal by the Saudi Arabian government's public investment fund, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners and Silver Lake.
Nick WigerHOST
Boy, what a fucking trifecta there.
Nick WigerHOST
There
Danny JonesHOST
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Simon DixonGUEST
one of his biggest asset is um now this is where it becomes interesting you've got the lobby money of elon you've got these you've got the fic money you know the tick money the fic money and the mick money with mariam adelson in israel But the big chunk of money is actually Affinity Partners, which is his fund, that he married into, managed by Jared Kushner.
Simon DixonGUEST
Jared Kushner is the fund manager.
Simon DixonGUEST
The capital comes from the Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds, and that's about $5 billion.
Tara PalmeriHOST
So I wanted to start with that and kind of break down each member of the family.
Tara PalmeriHOST
For example, Jared Kushner, his firm, like you said, Affinity Partners took two billion from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after he left the White House.
Tara PalmeriHOST
Now he's negotiating in the Middle East again and somehow going to end the war in Ukraine and Iran.
Tara PalmeriHOST
That's interesting.
NickHOST
And we'll talk about that here in a second.
NickHOST
The drastic cuts come just a few months after EA went private in a leveraged buyout worth $55 billion backed in large part by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, as well as the U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners.
NickHOST
Connor.
NickHOST
This is so dense.
James HakeHOST
You said the Kushners tried to...
James HakeHOST
Kushner's investment firm, Affinity Partners, is leading a multi-billion dollar... 1.4 to 4 billion.
James HakeHOST
Luxury tourism development on Albania's protected Sazen Island and adjacent Pishiporo Narta and Zvrnik coastal areas.
James HakeHOST
Plans include thousands of hotel rooms, luxury villas, golf course, casino, and water park.
JoshHOST
And this was not a traditional acquisition by another game publisher.
JoshHOST
The buyers were Saudi Arabia's public investment fund, Silverlake, and Affinity Partners.
JoshHOST
Saudi Arabia's public investment fund now owns roughly 93% of EA.
JoshHOST
Silverlake, a major American private equity firm, owns about 5.5%, and Affinity Partners holds roughly 1%.
JoshHOST
Affinity... is Jared Kushner's investment company.
JoshHOST
Yes, Donald Trump's son-in-law, who also served as a senior advisor in his first administration, is now holding hands with the Saudi Arabian government and part of the investment group that bought Electronic Arts.
JoshHOST
Kushner founded Affinity Partners in 2021 and now runs a firm.
JoshHOST
Silverlake, meanwhile, specializes in major technology investments and has extensive experience with leveraged buyouts.
Klein FeltHOST
The drastic cuts come just a few months after EA went private in a leveraged buyout worth $55 billion, backed in large part by the Saudi Public Investment Fund.
Klein FeltHOST
as well as the U.S. private equity firms Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners.
Klein FeltHOST
In a memo sent to staff today, which was a few days ago as of recording, Cam Weber, President and Chief Studios Officer, and David Tinson, President and COO, described EA as, quote, the No. 1 publisher in Western HD gaming, but that our industry is changing quickly.
Klein FeltHOST
Quote, So, Bioware is done.
Ryan JohnsonHOST
EA will continue with sports games, Respawn's Apex Legends, action-adventure games like Star Wars Jedi 3 and Marvel's Iron Man and Battlefield, and Variety reported that Respawn and DICE are working on Star Wars Battlefront 3, as had been rumored.
Ryan JohnsonHOST
The drastic cuts come just a few months after EA went private in a leveraged buyout worth $55 billion, backed in large part by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, as well as the U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners.
Ryan JohnsonHOST
But yeah, this is a pretty massive thing.
Ryan JohnsonHOST
I know Bioware has not really had many hits recently.
Josh TorresHOST
They have shut down BioWare.
Josh TorresHOST
BioWare has been around for a little over 30 years, and Shortly after their closing the deal and going private with the Public Interest Fund and Silver Lake and Affinity Partners this August, just several months later after closing that acquisition, EA released a new statement that laid off 400 staff members And in that letter, they also mentioned that they're just finally just shutting down BioWare.
Josh TorresHOST
And it's not like...
Josh TorresHOST
Unfortunately, BioWare was already on a shoestring before this.
Josh TorresHOST
But who knows what the future of those games are after they release, if they release.
Josh TorresHOST
But we know the things that EA wants to focus on are things that will help them make a lot of money because, if you remember...
Josh TorresHOST
Part of that, when they got bought out and acquired by PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, it was a leveraged buyout.
Josh TorresHOST
And what that means is they took on a lot of debt that they now have to pay back.
speaker_0HOST
And financial transparency is drawing attention internationally, following allegations involving Jared Kushner.
speaker_0HOST
Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, chairs Affinity Partners, a private equity firm managing more than $6.1 billion in assets.
speaker_0HOST
A Vanity Fair excerpt alleges Kushner had access to secret bank accounts involving hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign transfers and undisclosed financial arrangements with foreign leaders.
speaker_0HOST
The publication also alleges Dutch investigators accessed information from Kushner's compromised phone through a Russian intelligence server.
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