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{{Short description|American investment bank}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Lazard Inc.
| logo = Lazard wordmark.svg
| logo_size = 250
| image = GE-Bldg 30-Rockefeller-Plaza NYC 2012.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Headquarters at [[30 Rockefeller Plaza]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| former_names = {{ubl|Lazard Ltd| Lazard Frères & Co.}}
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|LAZ}} ([[Class A share|Class A]])|[[Russell 1000]] component}}
| founders = {{ubl|Alexandre Lazard|Lazare Lazard|[[Simon Lazard]]}}
| key_people = {{ubl|[[Peter R. Orszag]] (CEO and Chairman)|[[Dan Schulman]] (Lead Independent Director)| Raymond J. McGuire (President)}}
| industry = [[Financial services]]
| products = {{ubl|[[Financial services]]|[[Investment banking]]|[[Investment management]]}}
| revenue = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|3.05&nbsp;billion|link=yes}} (2024)}}
| operating_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|386&nbsp;million}} (2024)}}
| net_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|280&nbsp;million}} (2024)}}
| assets = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|4.79&nbsp;billion}} (2024)}}
| equity = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|636&nbsp;million}} (2024)}}
| aum = {{decrease}} {{US$|226 billion}} (2024)
| num_employees = 3,263 (2024)
| homepage = {{URL|lazard.com}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|1848|7|12}}<br />[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], U.S.
| location = [[30 Rockefeller Plaza]], {{nowrap|[[New York City]], U.S.}}
| footnotes =<ref name="10-K 2024">{{cite web |title=Lazard Inc. Annual Report (Form 10-K) |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828025007441/laz-20241231.htm |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=24 February 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''Lazard Inc.''' (formerly known as '''Lazard Ltd''' and '''Lazard Frères & Co.''') is a [[financial advisory]] and [[asset management firm]] that engages in [[investment banking]], [[asset management]] and other [[financial services]], primarily with institutional clients. It is the world's largest independent investment bank, with principal executive offices in New York City, Paris and London.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Indap |first1=Sujeet |last2=Massoudi |first2=Arash |last3=Fontanella-Khan |first3=James |date=September 8, 2015 |title=Investment banking: Walking away from Wall Street |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d99d271c-5545-11e5-8642-453585f2cfcd}}</ref>

Lazard was founded in 1848 and operates from 41 cities across 26 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America.<ref name="10-K 2021"/> The firm provides advice on [[mergers and acquisitions]], strategic matters, [[restructuring]] and capital structure, capital raising and [[corporate finance]], as well as [[asset management]] services to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and individuals.<ref name="10-K 2021">{{cite web |title=Lazard Ltd Annual Report (Form 10-K) |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000156459022007675/laz-10k_20211231.htm |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |access-date=12 April 2022 |date=28 February 2022}}</ref>