Bio
Myron 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 was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1997 for his new method of determining the value of derivatives. Scholes is currently the Chief Investment Scientist, Janus Henderson Investors and on the Advisory Board, Andersen Global and RoboForce. Other positions Scholes held include the Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Director of the Center for Research in Security Prices, and Professor of Finance at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Scholes earned his PhD at the University of Chicago.
Academic Degrees
- PhD, University of Chicago, 1969
- MBA, University of Chicago, 1964
- BA, McMaster University (Ontario), 1961
Academic Appointments
- At Stanford University since 1983, Emeritus since 1996
- Associate Professor, University of Chicago, 1973-1983
- Associate Professor, MIT, 1968-1973
Awards and Honors
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, The Nobel Foundation, 1997