Jack Hidary Biography

Jack D. Hidary began his career as an entrepreneur in the financial and technology industries, and he is now a recognized authority on innovation in a variety of fields. Jack co-founded EarthWeb/Dice in 1995 and served as its President and CEO. For a total of $150 million, he raised three private rounds of equity and executed a record-breaking IPO and secondary. EarthWeb/Dice received the coveted BusinessWeek Info Tech 100 award under his supervision. Dice is the most popular IT job board today, and it is traded on the NYSE under the symbol DHX. Samba Energy, the premier marketplace for commercial solar projects and finance, is founded and chaired by Jack. Samba's marketplace has reduced the cost of commercial solar, increasing the return on investment for firms that use it for their solar projects. Jack is now primarily interested in energy and transportation concerns. He is a co-founder of the $10 million Auto X Prize (www.xprize.org), which challenged contestants to design an automobile that gets 100 miles per gallon and can be mass-produced. The inaugural X Prize, worth $10 million, was given to Paul Allen's team for reaching space without the help of the government. Jack is a member of the X Prize's board of trustees. He was also a co-founder of the popular Cash for Clunkers program. The goal of this initiative was to boost the economy by encouraging people to buy cars and lessen America's reliance on oil. The initiative was financed by Congress at $3 billion, and it replaced 700,000 automobiles in eight weeks, resulting in a 60 percent gain in MPG on average. At a critical period in the US economy, Cash for Clunkers provided a major part of GDP growth in Q3 2009. He has earned many business and community accolades, as well as being named a Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum in Davos, for his commitment to community and charitable initiatives. In addition, he is a co-founder of the Clinton Global Initiative. He is a member of many boards, including the National Renewable Energy Lab's advisory committee (NREL). Jack is the chairman of the National Lab Network, an educational collaboration that includes the Gates Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and a number of major corporations dedicated to improving science education. Jack earned a Stanley Fellowship in Clinical Neuroscience at the National Institutes of Health after studying philosophy and neuroscience at Columbia University (NIH). He studied the brain and disease states utilizing functional neuroimaging methods such as positron emission tomography (PET) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) during his fellowship.

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