Lazear Capital Partners, a leader in ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) and Merger & Acquisition advisory services is celebrating 25 years in business. Founded by Bruce Lazear in 1999 with a vision that creativity and innovation could unlock new possibilities in tax structuring and drive meaningful outcomes for business owners and their employees.
The idea of merging creativity and expertise to drive innovation in succession planning is a core belief still held by the company today. It helped Bruce develop the internal structure of the company, as well, employing a multidisciplinary staffing approach to ensure clients receive a comprehensive transition plan that has their personal and financial goals at the plans core and leaves no detail unaddressed.
In 25 years, Lazear has expanded from one office in Columbus, Ohio to eleven offices nationwide and employs a team of over 50 professionals in the five disciplines of tax, legal, valuation, banking, and accounting who collaborate to achieve company and client goals.
Looking back on the past 25 years, Bruce Lazear is proud to have built the kind of company he always wanted to work for. He says, “I’m full of gratitude that the one-man operation I started in 1999 is still here and that we’ve built a team of exceptional people who care so much about our clients. We take ownership and pride in our clients’ outcomes. But we take just as much pride in creating tens of thousands of new employee owners each year.”
