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Update: Sycamore Partners nears finish line in $10bn Walgreens takeover

Private Equity Insights

The acquisition, which could be announced as soon as this week, would take the struggling pharmacy giant private. Stefano Pessina, Walgreens chairman and a key architect of its 2014 merger with Alliance Boots, is expected to roll over his stake as part of the deal. and $11.40 per share in cash. In 2019, KKR & Co.

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Transcript: William Cohan

The Big Picture

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances. Tell us about the merger in the early days that gave us General Electric, and who ran that company.

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