According to a recent submission to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the top five EA executives would receive significant returns upon completion of Saudi-led acquisition transactions. The 55 billion-dollar privatization agreement previously disclosed by the rules provides that all EEA shareholders (including employees with or without shares) will receive $210 in cash per share upon completion of the transaction and the company will be listed with it.
As an important component of the remuneration package, most EA employees hold a different proportion of attributed and unowned shares. This large-scale liquidation is expected to make sector employees millionaires overnight. In a 240-page consolidated document, EA disclosed the expected cash gains for five executives: Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson would receive approximately $105.9 million, the Director of Economics and Technology, Laura Miller, would hold a share of $44.4 million, Chief Financial Officer Stuart Canfield would receive $33.4 million, and Chief Human Resources Officer Marla Singh and Executive Vice-President of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer Jacob Shatts would each receive $24.6 million. At the same time, the document estimated separation indemnity for five senior managers: Wilson would receive over $12.4 million if dismissed, Miller would receive separation indemnity of approximately $3.8 million, Canfield would receive approximately $3 million and Singh and Shaz would receive a maximum of $2.6 million.
The document also confirms that Wilson served as a consultant for the acquisition of Silver Lake, a consortium member, at an annual consultancy fee of $250,000. The document states that “the partnership was terminated on 12 September 2025” and adds that “Mr. Wilson maintains a social relationship with senior representatives of the Silver Lake section”. In response to the lay-offs and debt problems caused by the $55 billion deal, EEA has recently publicly responded that it will maintain full ownership of all creative business. Internal sources have also revealed that the PIF-led acquisition is expected to reverse the current situation of the EA mobile business sector, which is constrained by stringent cost controls and inadequate user access to inputs. In October this year, with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) as the core investment consortium, the acquisition of EA with approximately $55 billion in cash was one of the largest privatization transactions in the game industry in recent years, with EA leaving the market when it was completed, and Andrew Wilson continues to be the CEO of the company.
