# Jack Herrick

> Jack Herrick is the founder and chairman of wikiHow, the instructional website he launched in 2005 after co-owning eHow. A Stanford history graduate and Tuck MBA, he previously co-founded BigTray and Luminescent Technologies. He built wikiHow without venture funding and has invested in more than 100 early-stage companies, according to his 2025 Tuck alumni interview.

- **Role:** Founder and Chairman at wikiHow
- **Organizations:** wikiHow, eHow, BigTray, Luminescent Technologies, McKinsey & Company
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** History (undergraduate study), Stanford University, MBA, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
- **Known for:** Founded wikiHow and developed it without venture funding., Co-owned and helped revive eHow before its 2006 sale to Demand Media., Co-founded BigTray and Luminescent Technologies.

## Career timeline

- **1991** — Graduated from Stanford after studying history.
- **1997** — Earned an MBA from Tuck.
- **1998** — Joined McKinsey, according to his Tuck alumni profile.
- **1999–2001** — Co-founder and CEO of restaurant-equipment ecommerce company BigTray.
- **2002** — Co-founded Luminescent Technologies with Dan Abrams, Eli Yablonovitch, and Stanley Osher; later served as CFO.
- **2004** — Purchased eHow with Josh Hannah.
- **2005-01-15** — Launched wikiHow on Wikipedia’s fourth birthday.
- **2006** — Sold eHow to Demand Media while retaining wikiHow.
- **2009-01** — wikiHow reached 50,000 articles.
- **2025** — Discussed wikiHow’s independence, AI search, and investing in more than 100 early-stage companies in a Tuck alumni interview.

## Achievements

- Founded wikiHow and developed it without venture funding.
- Co-owned and helped revive eHow before its 2006 sale to Demand Media.
- Co-founded BigTray and Luminescent Technologies.
- wikiHow reached 50,000 articles in January 2009.
- Had backed more than 100 early-stage companies by his 2025 Tuck interview.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Tuck shared its 2025 alumni interview with Herrick, discussing wikiHow’s independent development, his angel investing, and the need for deeper instructional content in an era of AI search summaries.

## Links

- Website: https://www.wikihow.com/User:JackHerrick
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackherrick
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/JackH

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Last updated: 2026-10-15