WSJ: video game giant EA nears roughly $50bn deal to go private

[JRPGfan]

Otter said:

JRPGfan said:

I googled it and apparently they have like 7bn in revenue pr year, and a net profit of around 13%.
So like 13% x 7bn = a years worth of reducing that 50bn buy.

However theres stuff like inflation, and what if things go bad? ei, profits fall afterwards or such?
I don't know, it just seems like it would take along time to make that amount back.

A companies value is like an accumulative worth inlcuding all their IPs and assets, so naturally it should take quite a few years to make back the cost of purchase otherwise they're selling for too low. 50bn sounds pretty fair 

Would you buy a company that takes over 50 years to earn back, the cost you bought it for?
Do you plan to live forever? or don't care if it takes your entire lifetime before it happends? happy to pass it onto your kids ect?