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Jimmy Wales

co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

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Jimmy Wales is an American entrepreneur best known for co-founding Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. He played a key role in creating one of the most visited websites in the world, which has made vast amounts of knowledge accessible to millions of people across the internet.

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The Seven Rules of Trust
BASIC COLORS*

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Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.

Jimmy Donal Wales, also known by the online moniker Jimbo, is an American Internet entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit web hosting company Wikia.

Known for

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self2022
The Wikipedia Promise — Self - Wikipedia Founder2021
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web — Self2017
Web — Himself2013
InRealLife — Himself - Co-Founder, Wikipedia2013
Page One: Inside the New York Times — Self2011
America: The Story of Us — Self2010
Worldwidewebwonder - 20 Years "WWW" - 40 Years Internet — Self2009
The Truth According to Wikipedia — Himself (Wikipedia founder)2008
Click — Self2000

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Huntsville
Occupation: merchant
Employer: Bomis
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: American English
Religion: irreligion
Notable work: The Seven Rules of Trust
Field of work: entrepreneurship
Official website: jimmywales.com
Image: Jimmy Wales with Baby Globe.png
Residence: London

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member of: Wikimedia Foundation
Commons category: Jimmy Wales
date of birth: 1966-01-01
website account on: Fandom
Commons Creator page: Jimmy Wales
birth name: Jimmy Donal Wales
Commons gallery: Jimmy Wales
influenced by: Friedrich Hayek
topic's main category: Category:Jimmy Wales
name in native language: Jimmy Donal Wales
name in kana: ジミー・ドナル・ウェールズ
owner of: Trust Café
social media followers: 217198
pseudonym: Jimbo
affiliation string: Wikipedia.org
public key fingerprint: 997B 591F 0D14 CB0F A0BF 3A70 3E65 3930 623D 4997
P8168: Ibanez Tube Screamer

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Encyclopedic overview

Jimmy Donal Wales (born August 8, 1966) is an American and British internet entrepreneur and former financial trader. He is best known for co-founding Wikipedia, a nonprofit free encyclopedia, and Fandom (formerly Wikia), a for-profit wiki hosting service. He has also worked on Bomis, Nupedia, WikiTribune, and Trust Café (formerly WT Social).

Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Wales attended Randolph School and earned finance degrees from Auburn University and the University of Alabama. While in graduate school, he was teaching at two universities, but left before completing a PhD to work in finance, later becoming chief research officer at Chicago Options Associates.

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