Robert C. Merton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert C. Merton

American economist

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1944

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: economist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Robert Cox Merton (born July 31, 1944) is an American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, and professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, known for his pioneering contributions to continuous-time finance, especially the first continuous-time option pricing model, the Black–Scholes–Merton model.
In 1993 Merton co-founded hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management.
In 1997 he received the Nobel Prize for his contributions in Economics.