Fertitta is CEO of Houston-based Landry's. He's been trying to take the company private for about two years.
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It's a move that has garnered him the support of a crucial shareholder, the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management.
That company owns about 10 percent of Landry's outstanding stock, and the fund plans to vote in favor of the buy-out offer.