Erik Raymond Jean Alain Maris (born 16 February 1964) is a French businessman, racing driver and navigator.
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.
Maris was introduced to sailing in the late 1960s and competed in the Tour de France ÃÂ 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.
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.
<sup>â </sup> As Maris was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)