Best Buy founder and ex-CEO Richard Shulze and at least four private equity firms have started reviewing the financial data of the beleaguered chain in the first steps toward would could wind up being a $11 billion buyout, according to people familiar with the matter. Schulze is negotiating with the equity firms to determine how much of his 20 percent stake in the company he would have to shell out in a bit and what role he would fill after the takeover.
