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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-175486"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSTT"
cik: "0001662972"
company_name: "Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T17:44:44.120976+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BREIT appoints Robert Harper as Interim CEO following death of CEO Wesley LePatner

## Summary
- CEO Wesley M. LePatner passed away on July 28, 2025; she was instrumental in building BREIT.
- Robert Harper appointed Interim CEO effective August 7, 2025; he continues as Co-President and director.
- Harper is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Asset Management Americas at Blackstone.
- No family relationships or transactions between Harper and the Company requiring disclosure.
- Harper joined Blackstone in 2002 and has served in various real estate roles globally.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-175486
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSTT
- cik: 0001662972
- company_name: Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662972/000119312525175486/0001193125-25-175486-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662972/000119312525175486/d932235d8k.htm

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