Blackstone executive killed in NYC shooting ID’d: ‘Embodied the best of Blackstone’ (pix11.com)

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NEW YORK (PIX11) — Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner was identified as one of the victims killed in the mass shooting at 345 Park Ave. on Monday, according to a spokesperson for the company.

LePatner was the Global Head of Core+ Real Estate and the Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), according to Blackstone’s website.

According to her LinkedIn profile, LePatner spent more than a decade at the company after previously working for Goldman Sachs.

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[-] magic_smoke 4 points 6 days ago

TIL: there are two Blackstone's, this one does not make grills.

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