Simon Lazard

Simon Lazard
BornApril 8, 1828
DiedFebruary 24, 1898 (age 69)
NationalityFrench
American
OccupationBanker
Known forco-founder of Lazard Frères & Co.
SpouseRose Hélène Foy
Parent(s)Elie Lazard
Esther Aron Lazard Cahn
RelativesSolomon Lazard (cousin)

Simon Lazard (April 8, 1828 – February 24, 1898) was a Franco-American banker who co-founded Lazard Frères & Co., reorganized in 2000 as Lazard.

A native of Lorraine, France, a young merchant of antebellum New Orleans, pioneer of the California gold rush, and, finally, an international banker by the end of the nineteenth century, Simon Lazard with his brothers in Lazard Freres had built high-level financial relationships in business and government within a network encompassing France, England, and the U.S.