Peter Orszag — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Lazard since October 2023.
Served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget from January 2009 to June 2010.
Served as Director of the Congressional Budget Office from January 2007 to November 2008.
Held roles as Vice Chairman of Corporate and Investment Banking and Chairman of the Financial Strategy and Solutions Group at Citi from January 2011 to January 2016.
Is a member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences.
Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics and an A.B. summa cum laude from Princeton University.
Serves on the Board of Directors for the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Mount Sinai Hospital, and New Visions for Public Schools.

Biography

Peter R. Orszag is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Lazard, a global financial advisory and asset management firm, a position he has held since October 2023. Prior to this, he led Lazard's Financial Advisory business as CEO from April 2019 to September 2023, and served as Head of North American Mergers & Acquisitions and Global Co-Head of Healthcare from July 2018 to June 2019. He initially joined Lazard in May 2016 as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking.