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  1. Feb 7, 2014 · Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: 'It's true, I'm not a billionaire. So?' – interview. Carole Cadwalladr. The co-founder of Wikipedia on why he believes enriching the mind is more important than profits...

  2. Mar 27, 2024 · Behind this world-changing movement was Jimmy Wales, an unassuming genius who built online communities to empower ordinary people. Let‘s examine his background, achievements, personal life and the evolution of his radical vision. Driven By Knowledge From An Early Age

  3. Jimmy Wales. Internet Hall of Fame Innovator, 2012-2013 Advisory Board Member. Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia, a free Internet encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute. Also the world’s largest encyclopedia, it has become the fifth-largest website in the world and its popularity has helped fuel a trend of collaboration and sharing among ...

  4. Mar 19, 2013 · Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia harnessed the web as a force for good. Some 24 million entries later, it's an essential part of our lives.

  5. Founder of Wikipedia. Website: Wikipedia Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales Blog: Jimmy Wales' blog. TED Speaker. Personal profile. With a vision for a free online encyclopedia, Wales assembled legions of volunteer contributors, gave them tools for collaborating, and created the self-organizing, self-correcting, ever-expanding, multilingual encyclopedia of ...

  6. Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled "a ragtag band of volunteers," gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished online encyclopedia. culture

  7. Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, continues on in the Wikimedia movement as a member of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees, 20 years after he first orchestrated Wikipedia’s debut on the internet. He also continues to inspire people across the Wikimedia movement, as with his talks at Wikimedia events and his personal celebration ...

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