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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Lazard CEO says young bankers want important work if the trade-off is longer hours

Peter Orszag, chief executive officer of Lazard Inc., during an interview for an episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations" in New York (Credit: Michael Nagle—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Young investment bankers starting off in the industry accept that to advance quickly in their career they need to work hard and make trade-offs, according to the CEO of Wall Street bank Lazard. 

Speaking on The David Rubenstein Show on Bloomberg, Lazard boss Peter Orszag was asked why junior bankers work 80-hour weeks. He replied that people are often willing to do work they feel gave them greater meaning and a sense of purpose. 

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