Erik Raymond Jean Alain Maris (born 16 February 1964) is a French businessman, racing driver and navigator.

Business ventures A Graduate of HEC Paris, Maris began working at Morgan Stanley in 1988, before joining Lazard in 1991. During his time at Lazard, Maris specialized in telecommunications and media and became the company's co-head of its consulting practice in late 2009, but was demoted to managing partner the following June by Kenneth M. Jacobs.

In 2010, Maris and Jean-Marie Messier co-founded Messier Maris et Associés, an M&A advisory boutique first established in 2003 as Messier Partners. His tenure at the company lasted until September 2020, when he left following several disagreements with Messier. The following month, Maris joined Advent International, a private equity fund, as an advisory partner. In late 2024, Maris joined Perella Weinberg France as vice-chairman.

Sailing career Maris was introduced to sailing in the late 1960s and competed in the Tour de France à la voile as well as the Admiral's Cup in 1987, before returning to the sport from 2002 to 2012. Five years later, Maris resumed his sailing career as he entered the GC32 Racing Tour, and still competes as of July 2025.

Racing career

Maris made his car racing debut in 2011, in the V de V Challenge Endurance VHC. Two years later, Maris joined OAK Racing to make his FIA World Endurance Championship debut at the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas in LMP2. The following year, Maris finished on the A6-Am podium of the Dubai 24 Hour for Spirit of Race, before joining IMSA Performance for the rest of the year to compete in the LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series, driving a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR. During 2014, Maris also raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the same team in LMGTE Am.

Maris then returned to OAK Racing and LMP2 competition for 2015, racing with them in the first three rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he placed eleventh. A season in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series and a third appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, for SO24! by Lombard Racing in LMP2, then ensued, before returning to the French enduro for a fourth consecutive time, now with Eurasia Motorsport, in 2017.

In 2018, Maris switched to IDEC Sport to race in select rounds of the European Le Mans Series in LMP2, as well as joining Ebimotors to race in the LMGTE Am class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in which he finished sixth at the wheel of a Porsche 911 RSR. Another part-time season in ELMS with IDEC Sport then followed in 2019, during which he raced at the Road to Le Mans for United Autosports in LMP3, as well as the 24 Hours of Spa for BMW-fielding Boutsen Ginion. Maris then made a one-off appearance in the following year's Le Mans Cup for IDEC Sport in GT3, and also raced for EuroInternational at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2, before switching his attention to classic races.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 OAK Racing 1 0 0 0 0 4 27th2014 Dubai 24 Hour – A6-Am Spirit of Race 1 0 0 0 1 3rd European Le Mans Series – LMGTE IMSA Performance Matmut 5 0 0 0 0 3 24th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 0 13th Le Mans Classic – Plateau 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 11th2015 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 OAK Racing 3 0 0 0 0 34 14th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 11th2016 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 OAK Racing 6 0 0 0 0 3 28th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 SO24! by Lombard Racing 1 0 0 0 0 14th Le Mans Classic – Plateau 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 39th2017 V de V Endurance Series – LMP3 Duqueine Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 9 30th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Eurasia Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 13th2018 European Le Mans Series – LMP2 IDEC Sport 4 0 0 0 0 1.25 29th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am Ebimotors 1 0 0 0 0 6th Le Mans Classic – Plateau 6 0 79th Group C Racing – Class 3 2 0 0 0 0 13 12th2019 European Le Mans Series – LMP2 IDEC Sport 3 0 0 0 0 0.5 35th Le Mans Cup – LMP3 United Autosports 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Am Boutsen Ginion 1 0 0 0 0 4 28th Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Classic Endurance Racing – GT1 1 0 0 0 1 42.5 22nd Classic Endurance Racing – GT2 7 31st Heritage Touring Cup – TC2 1 0 0 0 0 20 72nd Group C Racing – Class 3 3 2 0 1 2 42.5 5th2020 Le Mans Cup – GT3 IDEC Sport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 EuroInternational 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Endurance Racing Legends – GT2A 4.5 7th Heritage Touring Cup – TC2 1 0 0 0 0 24 23rd Group C Racing – Class 3 5 0 0 1 0 2.5 5th 2025 Le Mans Classic – Endurance Racing Legends GT 1 0 0 0 0 NCSources:

† As Maris was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Pts 2013 OAK Racing LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 27th 4 2015 OAK Racing LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 14th 34

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints 2014 IMSA Performance Matmut LMGTE Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST 24th 3 2016 OAK Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 28th 3 2018 IDEC Sport LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 29th 1.25 2019 IDEC Sport LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ CAT SIL SPA ALG 35th 0.5

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps 2014 IMSA Performance Matmut Éric Hélary Jean-Marc Merlin Porsche 997 GT3-RSR LMGTE Am 317 34th 13th 2015 OAK Racing Jean-Marc Merlin Jacques Nicolet Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 328 29th 11th 2016 SO24! by Lombard Racing Vincent Capillaire Jonathan Coleman Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 328 32nd 14th 2017 Eurasia Motorsport Jacques Nicolet Pierre Nicolet Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 341 15th 13th Ebimotors Fabio Babini Christina Nielsen Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE Am 332 31st 6th 2020 EuroInternational Christophe D'Ansembourg Adrien TambayLigier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 26 DNF DNF

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2019 United Autosports LMP3 Ligier JS P3 LEC MNZ LMS1 LMS2 CAT SPA ALG NC† 0† 2020 IDEC Sport GT3 Mercedes-AMG GT3LEC1SPALEC2LMS1LMS2MNZALG NC 0

Complete GT World Challenge results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points 2019 Boutsen Ginion BMW M6 GT3 Am MNZ SIL LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H CAT 28th 4

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