ECONOMIST

Myron Scholes

1941 - Today

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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. Scholes is currently the chairman of the Board of Economic Advisers of Stamos Capital Partners. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Myron Scholes has received more than 421,482 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Myron Scholes is the 161st most popular economist (down from 159th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Canada (down from 101st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Economist.

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  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.81

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  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Myron Scholes ranks 161 out of 315. Before him are Oskar R. Lange, Benedetto Cotrugli, Dani Rodrik, Nicholas Kaldor, Robert F. Engle, and James Heckman. After him are Pierre Leroux, Thomas Piketty, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Raymond Barre, Christopher A. Pissarides, and Eli Heckscher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Myron Scholes ranks 146. Before him are Denys Arcand, Sigmar Polke, Sergio Oliva, Rosa Maria Sardà, Andrei Mironov, and Charles Whitman. After him are Robert D. Putnam, Percy Sledge, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Nora Ephron, Harry Nilsson, and Peter Bonetti.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Myron Scholes ranks 104 out of 1,130. Before him are Gordie Howe (1928), Norman Bethune (1890), Bruce Greenwood (1956), William B. Davis (1938), Katheryn Winnick (1977), and Linda Evangelista (1965). After him are Joshua Slocum (1844), Gil Evans (1912), Tom Cavanagh (1963), Michael Ironside (1950), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), and Joseph Wiseman (1918).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Canada

Among economists born in Canada, Myron Scholes ranks 5. Before him are John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), Henry Mintzberg (1939), Robert Mundell (1932), and William Vickrey (1914). After him are Harold Innis (1894).

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