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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 536,394 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Myron Scholes is the 181st most popular economist (down from 161st in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 104th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Economist.

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  • 47

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  • 4.24

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  • 4.46

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Myron Scholes ranks 181 out of 315. Before him are Nikolay Danilevsky, Harriet Martineau, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Hyman Minsky, Walter Eucken, and Henry Sidgwick. After him are Raymond Barre, Daniel Ellsberg, Israel Kirzner, Eli Heckscher, Gustave de Molinari, and Pierre Leroux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Myron Scholes ranks 174. Before him are Fionnula Flanagan, Mariangela Melato, Sara Nazarbayeva, Kim Hye-ja, Kenji Tochio, and Élisabeth Depardieu. After him are Beniamino Stella, Denys Arcand, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Geoff Hurst, Théoneste Bagosora, and Eric Braeden.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Myron Scholes ranks 133 out of 1,350. Before him are Shania Twain (1965), Evangeline Lilly (1979), Paul Watson (1950), John Tuzo Wilson (1908), Maye Musk (1948), and William B. Davis (1938). After him are Bruce Greenwood (1956), Denys Arcand (1941), Nelly Furtado (1978), Elliot Page (1987), Tom Cavanagh (1963), and Eric McCormack (1963).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Canada

Among economists born in Canada, Myron Scholes ranks 5. Before him are Robert Mundell (1932), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), Henry Mintzberg (1939), and William Vickrey (1914). After him are Harold Innis (1894), David Card (1956), and Jacob Viner (1892).

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