... 104 –5, 106 ; Rothschildsand, 32, 81–82, 97 100 , 101 –2, 103 , 104 , 106 , 107 , 109 10, 111, 113; social statusand lavish living, 3, 101 , 103 –4; Unionsympathies, 102 Belmont, August, Jr., 100 , 106 ; ... Lazard’s prowess in cobbling together companies throughmerger and then selling them, the economics of Wall Street in the 1960s worked against the firm. In the mid-1960s, the firm had slightlyless ... Meyer read the trend correctly; the 1960s became the decade of the conglomerate, and the aggressive individuals whocommanded them, the conglomerateurs. The Avis sale was the one of the first...