But Paul Milgrom, a professor of Economics at Stanford University, found out he won the prestigious award while he was half asleep. pic.twitter.com/MvhxZcgutZ — Stanford University (@Stanford) October 12, 2020When Robert Wilson rang Paul Milgrom's doorbell at 2:15 this morning, Milgrom's wife, who's in Stockholm, received a security-camera notification on her phone. It’s Bob Wilson, you’ve won the Nobel Prize," Wilson says in the video. Milgrom won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize prize in Economic Sciences for “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats,” according to the committee. Learn more about Milgrom’s award by clicking here.