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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-083116"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSTT"
cik: "0001662972"
company_name: "Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:05:26.203718+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Paul Kolodziej appointed CFO/Treasurer of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, effective Feb 27, 2026

## Summary
- Anthony Marone stepped down as CFO/Treasurer effective Feb 27, 2026; remains Global Head of Real Estate Finance at Blackstone.
- Paul Kolodziej, previously Deputy CFO (Dec 2023-Feb 2026) and Chief Accounting Officer (2019-2023), appointed as CFO and Treasurer.
- Kolodziej is a Managing Director with Blackstone Real Estate, joined in 2016 from PwC where he was a Senior Manager.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions exist between Kolodziej and the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-083116
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSTT
- cik: 0001662972
- company_name: Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662972/000119312526083116/0001193125-26-083116-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662972/000119312526083116/d21535d8k.htm

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