# Paramount Skydance has secured money from three sovereign wealth investors to fund its acquisition of Warner Bros.

*business · news · 2026-04-07 · The New York Times*

## Key points

- Paramount Skydance secured about $24 billion from Saudi, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar sovereign wealth funds.
- Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will contribute approximately $12 billion to the acquisition.
- The sovereign wealth funds will have no governance rights in the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. entity.
- The foreign investment is small enough to avoid automatic federal national security review requirements.

**Companies:** Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery
**Countries:** Saudi Arabia, United States, Abu Dhabi, Qatar

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