TOKYO -- Nine months after Alimentation Couche-Tard approached Seven & i, the drawn-out talks and the 7-Eleven owner's apparent resistance raise questions over how long the Canadian suitor will persist with its $47 billion bid.
Biographer depicts Couche-Tard founder as ambitious yet patient serial acquirer

Alain Bouchard at a Tokyo press conference on March 13. The Alimentation Couche-Tard founder is "known for his patience," according to his biographer Guy Gendron. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)
TOKYO -- Nine months after Alimentation Couche-Tard approached Seven & i, the drawn-out talks and the 7-Eleven owner's apparent resistance raise questions over how long the Canadian suitor will persist with its $47 billion bid.