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Russell E. Planitzer is employed at Infinity Venture Fund. He serves as Managing Principal at Lazard Technology Partners. Russell Planitzer co-founded Lazard Technology Partners in 1998. His areas of investment focus include communications, enterprise software, internet applications, business process applications, financial services and information technology. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of NewRiver, Inc. He served as the Managing Director of Lazard Freres & Co. LLC. Russell Planitzer orchestrated the sale of Computervisions to Parametric Technology Corporation and served as its Chief Executive Officer from April 1993 to November 1996 and also the President from April 1993 to November 1995. From 1981 to 1993, he was a General Partner at J. H. Whitney & Co., where he established a strong investment record by focusing on early stage technology and emerging growth companies, including the incubation and founding of Wellfleet Communications, Inc. (renamed Ba
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 2 investors at Lazard Technology Partners are tracked.
- • 30 investors hold the Managing Principal role in VCSift. Russell Planitzer is one of them.
- • 10,621 investors are based in New York, New York, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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