Blackstone executive among those killed in NYC shooting
Blackstone executive among those killed in NYC shooting
Wesley LePatner, Blackstone’s global head of core-plus real estate and CEO of the firm’s real estate investment trust, was killed in a shooting at 345 Park Avenue on July 28, 2025. | Blackstone Group
Wesley LePatner, a 43-year-old Blackstone Group executive who led the firm’s real estate investment trust business, was among those killed in a mass shooting at 345 Park Ave. in Manhattan on Monday.
LePatner was an 11-year veteran at the asset management company, where she served as the global head of its core-plus real estate team and the CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, a $53 billion vehicle that’s marketed to individual investors.
“Words cannot express the devastation we feel,” the firm said in a statement. “Wesley was a beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be sorely missed. She was brilliant, passionate, warm, generous, and deeply respected within our firm and beyond. She embodied the best of Blackstone. Our prayers are with her husband, children and family. We are also saddened by the loss of the other innocent victims as well, including brave security personnel and NYPD.”
Prior to Blackstone, LePatner spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs. She also served on the boards of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, the UJA-Federation of New York and Yale University’s Library Council.
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