---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-297004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAZ"
cik: "0001311370"
company_name: "Lazard, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T21:20:30.647287+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lazard elects William M. Lewis, Jr. to Board; Lewis to retire, join Apollo Global Management

## Summary
- William M. Lewis, Jr. elected to Lazard Board, effective April 29, 2022.
- Lewis retires as Managing Director and Chairman of Investment Banking on November 12, 2021.
- After retirement, Lewis will join Apollo Global Management as Senior Partner and Management Committee member.
- Lewis served 17 years at Lazard, most recently as Chairman of Investment Banking.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-297004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAZ
- cik: 0001311370
- company_name: Lazard, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000119312521297004/0001193125-21-297004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000119312521297004/d113454d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-297004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William M. Lewis, Jr. retired as Managing Director at Lazard, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Managing Director
  source text: Following Mr. Lewis’s retirement from the Company on November 12, 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000119312521297004/0001193125-21-297004-index.htm
- Executive change
  William M. Lewis, Jr. was elected as Director at Lazard, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 10, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lazard Ltd (the “Company”) elected William M. Lewis, Jr. to join the Board, effective April 29, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000119312521297004/0001193125-21-297004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.