A key Paramount ally makes the case for using Middle East money to buy Warner Bros.: 'The world is changing.' [Business Insider]
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A (WBD)
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Paramount's deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery may use financing from a Saudi sovereign wealth fund controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pictured here next to Elon Musk and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in November 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in Last year, Paramount said it would use $24 billion in funding from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar to help buy WBD. Now that Paramount has won that deal, it won't say whether that's still the plan. A key Paramount backer suggests that Gulf money would be a good thing for this deal. We still don't know if Paramount intends to use billions of dollars from Gulf states like Saudi Arabia to help it buy Warner Bros. Discovery But if Paramount does end up doing that, it wouldn't be a bad thing, says a key Paramount backer. That update comes via Gerry Cardinale, who heads up R
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