Chief Executive Officer and Chairman · Lazard, Inc. (LAZ)

Peter Orszag

A named executive officer of Lazard in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 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

$13,723,452

FY2024: $11,395,756

2nd of 6 named executive officers at Lazard by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Lazard, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 7, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Peter Orszag compensation by year

Lazard Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Lazard reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$750,000$750,000$750,000$787,500$900,000$900,000
Bonus$4,038,314$4,350,000$1,250,000$4,157,500$3,900,000$3,900,000
Stock awards$3,376,402$3,362,473$7,651,441$25,799,438$6,435,562$8,666,548
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$49,498$58,583$75,574$90,403$160,194$256,904
Total$8,214,213$8,521,056$9,727,015$30,834,841$11,395,756$13,723,452

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.

$8.2M
$8.5M
$9.7M
$30.8M
$11.4M
$13.7M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU1,249,436$60,672,612—
RSU500,000$24,280,000—

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.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

4 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 7, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-25Sale10b5-1125,000$43.52260,942
2026-08-24Disposition to the issuer10b5-175,000—385,942
2026-08-24Exercise or conversion10b5-1250,000—460,942
2026-08-24Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-1250,000—1,000,000

The 4 most recent of 4 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

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 Orszag · this pageChief Executive Officer and Chairman$13,723,452
Alexandra SotoChief Operating Officer$8,002,957
Mary BetschChief Financial Officer$6,564,870
Evan RussoFormer Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Asset Management$5,019,112
Christian WeidemanGeneral Counsel$4,353,028

Board service

Lazard board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Lazard pays directors a $126,000 cash retainer and $154,000 in DSUs. As stated in Lazard's FY2025 proxy.

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