Former Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Asset Management · Lazard, Inc. (LAZ)

Evan Russo

A named executive officer of Lazard in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,019,112

FY2024: $8,523,704

5th of 6 named executive officers at Lazard by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 7, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Evan Russo compensation by year

Lazard Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Lazard reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$562,500$750,000$750,000$750,000$750,000$750,000$750,000$750,000
Bonus$952,500$862,500$732,500$825,000$1,320,000$2,040,000$1,490,000$0
Stock awards$1,650,665$1,861,714$2,366,076$2,888,556$4,030,231$22,212,119$6,096,846$4,044,374
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$41,344$44,749$51,039$60,899$74,209$136,069$186,858$224,738
Total$3,207,009$3,518,963$3,899,615$4,524,455$6,174,440$25,138,188$8,523,704$5,019,112

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Lazard, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 7, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-024088, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Lazard, Inc. filed document, accession 0001628280-26-024088. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 7, 2026.

$3.2M
$3.5M
$3.9M
$4.5M
$6.2M
$25.1M
$8.5M
$5.0M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU1,048,314$50,906,128—
RSU400,000$19,424,000—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Lazard, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Lazard’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Christopher HogbinChief Executive Officer of Lazard Asset Management$20,217,587
Peter OrszagChief Executive Officer and Chairman$13,723,452
Alexandra SotoChief Operating Officer$8,002,957
Mary BetschChief Financial Officer$6,564,870
Evan Russo · this pageFormer Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Asset Management$5,019,112
Christian WeidemanGeneral Counsel$4,353,028

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