Alan Lazowski Net Worth 2026: LAZ Parking Founder, Chairman and CEO

No reputable outlet has published an estimate of Alan Lazowski's net worth. The $22.5 million figure that appeared on this page before had no source and looks far too low for the founder of a company with more than $2 billion in annual revenue, so we have removed it. What is documented is the business: Lazowski co-founded LAZ Parking in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1981, and as chairman and CEO has grown it into a private parking and mobility company with more than 23,000 employees.

What is Alan Lazowski's net worth?

No Forbes list, Bloomberg index or business publication gives a figure for Lazowski. LAZ Parking is privately held and has said it plans to stay that way, so its profits and the founders' ownership stakes are not public. The company also has equity participation plans for employees, Lazowski told the Hartford Courant in September 2026, which means ownership is spread beyond the founders.

What is known points to substantial wealth. The Forward Obsessed podcast, introducing a 2023 interview with him, described LAZ as the largest privately held parking company in the United States with more than $2 billion in annual revenue. Lazowski's stake in a business of that size would likely be worth far more than the figure previously shown here, but without a published valuation, any single number would be a guess.

Alan Lazowski's salary and yearly income

His pay has never been disclosed. The yearly, monthly and daily income figures on the earlier version of this page ($750,000 a year, $62,000 a month, $2,100 a day) had no source and have been removed. As a founder and owner, his earnings would come mainly through the company rather than a published salary.

LAZ Parking: the company behind the wealth

LAZ grew out of a group of childhood friends. Lazowski, Jeff Karp and Michael Harth became best friends as boys in the mid-1970s, according to the company, and started the business together; the Courant also names Mike Kuziak as a founding partner. Lazowski began as a valet parking attendant.

Today LAZ calls itself a tech-enabled parking, transportation and mobility company. Beyond running garages and lots, the Courant listed its planned growth areas as transportation services, mobility hubs, electric vehicle charging, support services for autonomous vehicles, and data and artificial intelligence.

Recent changes (2025 to 2026)

In September 2026 LAZ announced what it calls LAZ 3.0, a leadership continuity plan developed over two years. Under it, Tony DiPaolo and John Svendblad will become co-chief executive officers on January 1, 2027. Lazowski told the Courant the company intends to remain private, described the move as "an opportunity plan not a succession plan," and said the founders remain committed to the business. The company also said it expects to add more than 1,000 jobs across North America within a year and expand its Hartford headquarters by more than 100 positions.

Lazowski has appeared on the Hartford Business Journal's Power 50 list of Connecticut's most influential people several years running, including ninth in 2022, fifth in 2023, 11th in 2025, and again in 2026.

In June 2026 his father, Rabbi Philip Lazowski, died at 96. The Courant reported that the rabbi, a Holocaust survivor, had served Hartford-area congregations for decades, was a chaplain at Hartford HealthCare and to the Hartford Police Department, and had recently finished his 16th book.

Family background

Lazowski is the son of Rabbi Philip and Ruth Lazowski, both Holocaust survivors from the same village in Poland. As he recounted on the Forward Obsessed podcast, his father was 11 when the Nazis invaded, was pushed from a window by his mother to escape a selection, and survived the war hiding in the forests before coming to America as a refugee. His mother's story is the subject of Rebecca Frankel's book Into the Forest. Lazowski credits that history for his "never give up" attitude and for LAZ's culture of treating employees as family.

The earlier version of this page said he was from Canada, was 50 years old, stood 5 feet 6 inches, had founded a marketing agency called Lazowska Enterprises, and was married to a woman named Marcia. We could not confirm any of this, several claims conflict with the documented record, and all of it has been removed. The Jewish Ledger has reported that his children serve on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's New York Next Generation Board; we do not publish further family details that reputable outlets have not reported.

Education

Hartford Business Journal's 2026 Power 50 profile says Lazowski co-founded LAZ while attending the University of Connecticut. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum notes that UConn gave him its Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Entrepreneurship Award. We found no record of a degree, and the earlier claims about his grades and campus clubs had no source.

Public roles, awards and philanthropy

• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council: nominated by President Obama in 2014; the museum lists him as a founder and a member of its Strategic Advancement Committee, and honored him at its New York tribute events in 2016 and 2020.
• Voices of Hope: founder and co-chair of this organization for descendants of Holocaust survivors.
• Anti-Defamation League: member of its national executive committee and 2007 recipient of its Torch of Liberty Award.
• Boards: as of 2014, the National Parking Association, the Green Parking Council, the Goodwin College Foundation, the Greater Hartford Jewish Federation and the Hebrew Home and Hospital.

How he compares

Lazowski is a founder-owner, like Alan Zuccari, whose wealth is tied to a private business rather than public shares. See also TSM Reginald. For owners of large private companies, revenue and headcount are often public while personal fortunes are not.

Why there is no reliable estimate

Parking management companies often run on contracts with property owners, so revenue includes large pass-through costs and says little about profit. LAZ's margins, debt, the founders' share split and the effect of its employee equity plans are all private. Until a reputable outlet values LAZ or Lazowski's stake, his net worth cannot be stated with any confidence.