Michael Basil

Michael Basil is the Managing Director at William Blair, a position they have held since 2021, following their role as a Director starting in 2019. With extensive experience in investment banking, including positions at Lazard and Wells Fargo Securities, Michael previously served as an Associate and Vice President at Lazard from 2012 to 2018. They began their career at Deloitte as a Senior Associate and at Monsanto as a Business Analyst/Software Engineer. Michael earned an MBA with a focus on dual Finance disciplines from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, following a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Saint Louis University.