leveraged buyout

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Is the largest leveraged buyout ever in doubt?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

A combined Paramount-Warner would carry nearly $80 billion in debt, a legacy of the proposed leveraged buyout and the mergers that came before it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Discovery believes Paramount is effectively proposing a leveraged buyout, which introduces risks surrounding the ability and willingness of lenders to provide funds at close.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

The family-owned company was acquired by Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman in 2021 in a $34 billion leveraged buyout.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

Its sale to the private equity group in 2021 was at the time one of the biggest leveraged buyout transactions since the global financial crisis.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025