Wesley Repatner, a 44-year-old Blackstone executive who oversaw a $53 billion real estate investment fund, was killed in a mass shooting in Manhattan

Lepatner served as Blackstone’s Core + Global Head of Real Estate CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) is a real estate fund with a net asset value of $53 billion and a market capitalization of $275 billion.

“The words cannot describe the devastation we feel. Wesley is a beloved member of the Blackstone family and will be greatly overlooked,” the company said in an email. “She was wonderful, passionate, warm, generous and deeply respected at our company and beyond.”

Lepatner joined Goldman Sachs in 2014 and Blackstone over a decade later, and was believed to have driven the company’s real estate venture to new heights. Yale alumni, Lepatner served on the organisation’s committees, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, the Uja Federation in New York and the Yale Library Council, according to the Blackstone biographies page. She is survived by her husband, whom she met on the first day of her freshman year at Yale. New York Times Wedding announcement. She had two children, New York Post I reported it first.

Authorities say Tamura acted alone and had a history of mental health issues. Investigators recovered the memo where Tamura was furious against the NFL. Claims to suffer from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) – Neurodegenerative diseases associated with head injuries in contact sports. There is no evidence that Tamura played professionally or was diagnosed with CTE while playing soccer in high school.