• Obituary

    Philip Erdoes Dies at 62: NYC Mourns Venture Capitalist and Serial Entrepreneur

    NYC – Philip Erdoes, a venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur whose career spanned technology, analytics, media, and energy—and who was widely admired for supporting his wife’s rise as one of Wall Street’s most influential leaders—has died. He was 62. Erdoes died Wednesday at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City after the onset of an infection, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co., where his wife, Mary Callahan Erdoes, serves as chief executive officer of the firm’s asset and wealth management division. A graduate of Harvard Business School, where he met his future wife, Erdoes built a reputation as a…

  • News

    Wesley LePatner, Top Blackstone Executive, Among Victims Killed in NYC Office Shooting

    Wesley LePatner, a senior executive at global investment firm Blackstone, was one of four people tragically killed during a mass shooting on July 28 at the company’s Manhattan office building on Park Avenue. LePatner, who served as the Global Head of Core+ Real Estate and CEO of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), was struck in the lobby during the attack, which also claimed the lives of three others, including off-duty NYPD officer Didarul Islam. Several others were injured and are currently being treated in hospital, according to officials and company sources. In a statement released to the press, Blackstone…