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Pessina’s long view creates yearning for privacy

By Chris Hughes, Elizabeth Rigby and Jim Pickard in London

Published: March 9 2007 22:32 | Last updated: March 9 2007 22:32

When Boots the Chemist merged with Alliance UniChem last July, Stefano Pessina, the founder of Alliance, hailed the £7.8bn deal as a transformational.

Now he wants to take it private before the success he promised has been delivered.

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