Myron Scholes

Canadian–American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941)

Myron Samuel Scholes ( SHOHLZ; born July 1, 1941) is a Canadian–American financial economist. Scholes is the Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, and co-originator of the Black–Scholes options pricing model. This mathematical model, developed with Fischer Black, revolutionized finance by providing a systematic way to value options through the elimination of risk via dynamic hedging.

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