Myron Scholes
Myron Scholes
Myron Samuel Scholesis a Canadian-American financial economist. In 1997 he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for a method to determine the value of derivatives. The model provides a conceptual framework for valuing options, such as calls or puts, and is referred to as the Black–Scholes model. Together with fellow Nobel prize winner Robert C. Merton he founded the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management which dramatically collapsed in 1998...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth1 July 1941
CountryCanada