Kenneth M Jacobs Email Address

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Lazard, the world's leading financial advisory and asset management firm, advises on mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, capital structure and strategy.

Ken Jacobs is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lazard. He has led Lazard since November 2009 and prior to becoming Chairman and CEO, he was a Deputy Chairman of the firm and Chief Executive Officer of Lazard North America since 2002. Ken joined Lazard in 1988 and has been key in shaping the firm’s strategy since its initial public offering in 2005. He has expanded and diversified the firm’s global financial advisory and asset management businesses, geographically and by practice areas. He continues to drive innovation at the firm to enhance its competitive edge, including major initiatives around workplace and engagement, diversity and inclusion, and the application of new technology to the firm’s advice-based business model. He also remains active in advising Lazard clients and has participated in landmark transactions across a variety of industries. Ken earned a B.A. in Economics from The University of Chicago in 1980 and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1984. He began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution and of the University of Chicago. He is also a Director of the Partnership for New York City and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2017, Ken was inducted into the French Legion of Honor, and in 2022 was the recipient of the French-American Foundation’s Exemplary Leadership Award.