Jack Hidary

Who is Jack Hidary?

Jack D. Hidary is an entrepreneur in the finance and technology sectors. He currently serves as Chairman of Vista Research, an independent firm providing proprietary research to leading mutual and hedge funds.

Prior to founding Vista Research, Hidary co-founded and served as President and CEO of EarthWeb from 1994 through January of 2001, when he was named Chairman. At EarthWeb, Hidary led the operations, sales, marketing and technical divisions of the company. During this time he raised three private rounds of equity and completed a record breaking initial public offering. Under Hidary's leadership, EarthWeb earned the prestigious Business Week Info Tech 100 award as the third fastest growing IT Company.

Hidary has received several industry and community awards including the Einstein Technology Medal as well as being recognized as a Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum, Davos. Hidary is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Young Leadership Fellow of the National Committee on China-US Relations and a member of YPO.

He currently sits on the Board of Directors at TrickleUp, a microenterprise non-profit that helps low-income people start small businesses, and is a Trustee of the Citizens Budget Commission. He is also a member of the steering committee of the Association for a Better NY and is a partner of the Partnership for NYC.

Hidary studied philosophy and neuroscience at Columbia University and was then awarded a Stanley Fellowship in Clinical Neuroscience at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Under the fellowship, Hidary conducted research in functional neuroimaging using techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to study brain and disease states.