---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-089377"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001930054"
company_name: "Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Fund L.P."
filed_at: "2024-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:35:14.106187+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Fund appoints Viral Patel as CEO; Hirsch resigns as Co-President

## Summary
- Viral Patel appointed CEO effective April 8, 2024; he is a Senior Managing Director and was Global Head of Technology Investing for Blackstone Credit.
- Patel has been with Blackstone since 2005, with experience across Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Credit & Insurance.
- Hirsch resigned as Co-President effective April 8, 2024; resignation not due to any disagreement with the Fund's operations, policies or practices.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions between Patel and any director or executive officer of the Fund.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-089377
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001930054
- company_name: Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Fund L.P.
- filed_at: 2024-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1930054/000119312524089377/0001193125-24-089377-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1930054/000119312524089377/d799855d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-089377.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Hirsch resigned as Co-President at Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Fund L.P..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Co-President
  source text: Additionally, Mr. Hirsch resigned as Co-President of the Fund, effective as of the close of business April 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1930054/000119312524089377/0001193125-24-089377-index.htm
- Executive change
  Viral Patel was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Fund L.P..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 8, 2024, Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Associates, L.P., the general partner of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies Fund L.P. (the “Fund”), appointed Viral Patel as the Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1930054/000119312524089377/0001193125-24-089377-index.htm

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