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2 days ago · Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7, 1966) (Jimbo Wales as a user of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects), is a British-American Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, and former financial trader. He is a co-founder of Wikipedia and the for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom (formerly Wikia).
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- Jimbo (screen name)
- Jimmy Donal Wales, August 7, 1966 (age 57), Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
1 day ago · The Wikimedia Foundation was established in 2003 in St. Petersburg, Florida by Jimmy Wales, as a nonprofit way to fund Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and other crowdsourced wiki projects. (Until then, they had been hosted by Bomis, Wales's for-profit company.)
- $154.7 million (2022), $162.9 million (2021)
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- June 20, 2003; 20 years ago, St. Petersburg, Florida, US
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Apr 28, 2024 · Joi Ito. in full: Jimmy Donal Wales. born: August 8, 1966, [ see Researcher’s Note] Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. (age 57) Founder: “Wikipedia”. Jimmy Wales (born August 8, 1966, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. [ see Researcher’s Note ]) is an American entrepreneur, who cofounded Wikipedia, a free Internet -based encyclopaedia operating under an ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Meet Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia. Jimmy Donal Wales, the "Web Celeb" according to Forbes Magazine, is a pioneering force in the digital realm. Wales not only founded the wiki-based site Wikipedia — the fifth most popular website globally — but also spearheaded the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to ...
May 5, 2024 · Jimmy Wales was accused by former Wikimedia Foundation employee Danny Wool of misusing the foundation's funds for recreational purposes. Wool also stated that Wales had his Wikimedia credit card taken away in part because of his spending habits, a claim Wales denied. [99]
Apr 26, 2024 · Guests include community organizer Shari Davis, researcher Eli Pariser, Wikipedia Library founder Jake Orlowitz, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, and artist Matthew Mazzotta.
Apr 16, 2024 · Nupedia was started in the early 2000s by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger for publishing expert-written articles licensable as “free content.” Nupedia, in 2001, birthed Wikipedia in January 2001 to give room for collaborations when writing articles.
