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Fischer Black

Fischer Black

Formal First Name
Fischer
Dates
1/11/1938 - 8/30/1995
Location

A groundbreaking economist, Fischer Black is celebrated for his contribution in developing the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Black, with two other renowned economists, revolutionized modern Wall Street and became the father of a seminal theory, a complex but workable solution to a simple but intractable puzzle: how to value an option.