Corporate Offices Targeted In Deadly NYC Shooting
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the now-deceased shooting suspect likely targeted the NFL's ... More office in Blackstone's building.
A shooting in New York City's Midtown neighborhood shocked working Manhattanites on Monday evening. The shooter, who police identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura, killed four—including a Blackstone executive and an NYPD officer who was working security in the building—before taking his own life.
Here's what we know about the Blackstone executive: Wesley LePatner was the CEO of the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), the company's real estate fund that totals more than $53 billion in property. LePatner joined the firm in 2014 after working for more than a decade at Goldman Sachs.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the shooter was likely targeting the offices of the National Football League, which share a building with Blackstone.
It's not the first corporate shooting in the streets of Manhattan in recent memory. In December, UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was shot outside a company meeting.
That shooting led a number of companies to increase private security for their executives, with many security firms seeing an influx of business requests from the ultra-wealthy. Some are also scrubbing executives' personal information from the internet, using online services to remove phone numbers, addresses and children's names, according to DeleteMe CEO Rob Shavell.
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Jean Hynes started her career at Wellington Management as an administrative assistant after graduating from college in 1991. Now, she's CEO of the $1.2 trillion asset manager and is heading the company as it partners with Blackstone to bring private assets to the masses.
Federal workers will now be allowed to discuss and promote their religion in the workplace and challenge the 'correctness' of religious views held by others, according to a new memo. It's a sharp departure from previous policies regarding religious freedom among federal staff, though it's unclear if the memo will be challenged in court.
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Astronomer's chief people officer Kristin Cabot resigned last week after a video of her embracing former CEO Andy Byron at a Coldplay concert went viral. Just two days later, the company posted a video announcing Gwentyh Paltrow as a 'temporary spokesperson.'
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