Apollo weighs $9.5b investment in Seven & i management buyout: report

Apollo weighs $9.5b investment in Seven & i management buyout: report

FILE PHOTO: Seven & i Holdings Co's Seven Eleven convenience store logo is pictured in Tokyo, Japan January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Apollo Global Management is considering investing as much as 1.5 trillion yen ($9.5 billion) in a management buyout of Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, Bloomberg News said on Friday, citing several people with knowledge of the matter.