Harry Max Markowitz was an American economist who received the 1989 John von Neumann Theory Prize and the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1990, announced October 16, 1990. Harry M. Markowitz, Merton H. Miller, and William F. Sharpe, “for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics”. Harry M. Markowitz: born 1927, Chicago, IL, USA. Merton H. Miller: born 1923, Boston, MA, USA. William F. Sharpe: born 1934, Boston, MA, USA. Wiki link Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).