John C. Hull (economist)

{{Short description|Canadian economist}}

{{Other people|John Hull}}

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| field = Finance
Financial Engineering
Mathematical Finance
Derivatives
Risk Management

| work_institutions = University of Toronto, Canada
York University, Canada
Cranfield School of Management, England

| alma_mater = Cranfield University, England (PhD)
Lancaster University, England (MA)
Cambridge University, England (BA & MA)

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| known_for = Hull-White model
Options related publications

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| prizes = 1999, IAFE Financial Engineer of the Year

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John C. Hull is a professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.{{cite web

|url=http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/facbios/viewFac.asp?facultyID=hull

|title=University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Faculty Profile Page: John C. Hull

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|url=http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/mfin/MFin%20Brochure.pdf

|title= Rotman Master of Finance Program Brochure

|access-date= 2007-06-21

|publisher= Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto}}

He is a respected researcher in the academic field of quantitative finance (see for example the Hull-White model) and is the author of two books on financial derivatives that are widely used texts for market practitioners: "Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives"{{Cite web|url=http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~hull/ofod/|title = The page cannot be found - Rotman School of Management}} and "Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets".{{cite web|url=http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~hull/ifom/index.html |title=404Handler |publisher=Rotman.utoronto.ca |date= |access-date=2014-02-01}} He has also written "Risk Management and Financial Institutions" and "Machine Learning in Business: An Introduction to the World of Data Science"

He studied mathematics at Cambridge University (B.A. & M.A.), and holds an M.A. in Operational Research from Lancaster University and a Ph.D. in Finance from Cranfield University. In 1999, he was awarded the Financial Engineer of the Year Award, by the International Association of Financial Engineers. He has also won many teaching awards, such as the University of Toronto's prestigious Northrop Frye award.{{cite web|url=https://tofbooks.com/book-author/john-c-hull/ |title=John C. Hull - ToF Books}}

He has twin sons named Peter and David, and a wife named Michelle.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}