TOKYO -- The founding family of Japan's Seven & i Holdings has approached such major U.S. investors as KKR on the possibility of joining a proposed takeover of the retail group, Nikkei learned on Saturday.
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Seven & i founding family sounds out KKR, other U.S. investors on going private
Bain Capital, Apollo Global Management and Blackstone have also been approached
Acquiring all the shares in the Japanese owner of the 7-Eleven retail chain would likely cost more than $47 billion. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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