---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-213074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSTT"
cik: "0001662972"
company_name: "Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T09:27:53.322073+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BREIT appoints Robert Harper as President; A.J. Agarwal steps down for sabbatical

## Summary
- Robert Harper appointed President and Board member effective August 14, 2023.
- Harper is BREIT's Head of Asset Management and Head of Blackstone Real Estate Asset Management Americas.
- A.J. Agarwal steps down as President and Board member, takes 9-month sabbatical beginning September 15, 2023.
- Agarwal will serve as Board observer during his sabbatical.
- Harper brings 20 years of Blackstone real estate experience to the role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-213074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSTT
- cik: 0001662972
- company_name: Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662972/000119312523213074/0001193125-23-213074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662972/000119312523213074/d461899d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-213074.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  A.J. Agarwal departed as President at Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc..
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: President
  source text: A.J. Agarwal will be taking a continuing education sabbatical beginning September 15, 2023 for nine months, and is stepping down from his role as President and Board member effective August 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662972/000119312523213074/0001193125-23-213074-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Harper was appointed as President at Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On August 14, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “BREIT”) appointed Robert Harper, BREIT’s current Head of Asset Management and Head of Blackstone Real Estate Asset Management Americas, as BREIT’s new President and a member of its Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662972/000119312523213074/0001193125-23-213074-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.