Felix Rohatyn
Felix Rohatyn · Economics & Business
Vienna-born Lazard managing director; architect of the Municipal Assistance Corporation that saved New York City from bankruptcy in 1975.
1928, Vienna, Austria — 2019
Vienna, Austria
Felix Rohatyn is recognized among Israeli contributors to Economics & Business — Vienna-born Lazard managing director; architect of the Municipal Assistance Corporation that saved New York City from bankruptcy in 1975.
Felix Rohatyn was a Vienna-born American investment banker who fled Nazi-occupied Europe as a Jewish refugee before rising to become a long-serving managing director at Lazard. He is best remembered as the architect of the Municipal Assistance Corporation, whose refinancing plan rescued New York City from bankruptcy in 1975. He later served as U.S. Ambassador to France.
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Source: The Times of Israel
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Vienna-born Lazard managing director; architect of the Municipal Assistance Corporation that saved New York City from bankruptcy in 1975.
Source: The Times of Israel
