Acadiana Business Advocate

Friday, March 22nd, 2024

Longtime Lafayette businessman, UL donor Mike Maraist has died

By ADAM DAIGLE l Acadiana Business Editor

Welcome to the Friday edition of the Acadiana Business Newsletter. Let's just get to the headlines.

Mike Maraist, a longtime Lafayette-area banker, businessman and owner of Le Triomphe Golf & Country Club in Broussard, has died.

The longtime businessman whose $2.5 million donation to the Moody College of Business at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette provided for the Maraist Financial Services Lab had a history that spanned decades in the Lafayette region.

Read the full story here.

Have a great weekend. Thank you for reading.

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