Wesley LePatner, a Blackstone executive who served as CEO of the firm’s real estate income trust, was among four people killed Monday when a gunman opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building that houses Blackstone’s global headquarters.

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    3 days ago

    The whole “wait 20 years and shoot up the NFL because of highschool football” never fucking smelt right…

    Even if this story is true, everyone needs to read up on Blackstone. If you’re an American and have any sort of pension or retirement fund, Blackstone likely has a piece of it.

    Like, you think a random guy with a billion or two is a problem?

    Blackstone is trillion dollar fund, a billion dollars isn’t enough to be a rounding error in their total investment.

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    Edit was wrong

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      3 days ago

      Not here to defend Blackstone, but it sounds like you are talking about Blackrock. Blackstone owns commercial real estate portfolio companies. Blackrock is the 11 trillion owns the world alongside vanguard one. Easy to mix them up.