Mike Lazorik
Michael Lazorik is a Director of Global Equity and Principal Investments at the Teachers Retirement System of Texas, one of the world's largest investment funds. At TRS, he is responsible for making direct investments into private equity and venture-backed opportunities on behalf of the agency's $180 billion pension fund. Lazorik has over 20 years of extensive experience in venture, growth and private equity. Previously, he served as a Director of Corporate Development at BMC Software, an IT services and consulting company. Before that, he was the Co-Founder and Director of Dell Ventures, a corporate venture capital unit at Dell, Inc. In addition, he managed executive technology reviews, public policy, and technology business development for Dell.
Mike Lazorik Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Director of Global Equity and Principal Investments
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Assistant Vice President
Academic History
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B.B.A., Finance & Marketing
DELL
He served as Director at the office of the cto, where he identified and coordinated emerging technology opportunities.
At Dell Ventures, he sponsored and managed over $1 billion of investments and 50+ employees, and executed over 150 transactions.
He was also directly responsible for over 50 investments, representing $350 of capital and returning 2x to Dell.
CAREER
He served as Assistant VP at Lehman Brothers, responsible for emerging market derivatives and investment banking technology.
Before that, he was a consultant for Plural Consulting, a developer of MSFT applications for finance professionals.
He was named to Trusted Insight's 2021 Top Public Pension Investment Directors.
MEDIA
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.