Backed by investment financing from Bill Gates of Microsoft and Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia , the chief executive of the Four Seasons Hotels chain , Isadore Sharp , offered to buy the company from its shareholders for $ 3.7 billion in cash .
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