A. J. Agarwal

About A. J. Agarwal

I am a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, where I focus on the global Core+ business and serve as a Director and President of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT).Prior to the launch of the Core+ real estate investing business, I was co-head of the U.S. Acquisitions team and oversaw more than $50 billion of investment transactions across all real estate asset classes for Blackstone’s opportunistic real estate funds. I joined Blackstone in 1992 and am a member of Blackstone’s Real Estate Investment Committee as well as the Investment Committee for Blackstone Total Alternatives Solution.I graduated from Princeton University and received my MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. I am also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Experience

1. Senior Managing Director

   Blackstone

   Aug 1992 — Present

Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  1990 — 1992

• Princeton University

  A.B.

  1984 — 1988