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Blackstone Names Harper BREIT President While Agarwal Goes on Leave

August 16, 2023

Blackstone Names Harper BREIT President While Agarwal Goes on Leave

August 16, 2023

Blackstone Names Harper BREIT President While Agarwal Goes on Leave

August 15, 2023 | John Gittelsohn and Dawn Lim | Bloomberg

Blackstone Inc.’s $68 billion real estate trust said its president A.J. Agarwal will go on a sabbatical for nine months and Rob Harper will fill that role.

Agarwal will be on a continuing education sabbatical starting Sept. 15 and will serve as an observer of the board throughout that time, according to a filing Tuesday from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust. Harper, who joined the private equity firm in 2002, is currently BREIT’s head of asset management.

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