Robert E. Whaley is Valere Blair Potter Professor of Management and Director of the Financial Markets Research Center at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.[1] Whaley developed the Market Volatility Index (VIX) for the Chicago Board Options Exchange in 1993.[2][3]
He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta in 1975, and an MBA (1976) and PhD (1978) from the University of Toronto.[1] He previously taught at Duke University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Alberta.[4]