Platinum Equity Acquires Game Taco; Game Taco to Acquire WorldWinner from GSN Games
May 17, 2021
Platinum Equity signed an agreement to acquire Game Taco, a skill-based mobile gaming platform, and Game Taco will in turn acquire WorldWinner from GSN Games (a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment). The two businesses will be combined under Game Taco leadership — Joshua Barrow as CEO and David Nathanson as Executive Chairman (minority co-investor) — to create a larger skill-games competition platform; financial terms were not disclosed.
- Buyers
- Platinum Equity, Game Taco, David Nathanson (minority co-investor)
- Targets
- Game Taco, WorldWinner
- Sellers
- GSN Games (Game Show Network / Sony Pictures Entertainment)
- Platforms
- Game Taco
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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