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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Larry_SangerLarry Sanger - Wikipedia

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   Larry Sanger. Lawrence Mark Sanger ( / ˈsæŋər /; [1] born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who was the editor-in-chief of Nupedia, an online encyclopedia, and co-founded its successor Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales. He coined Wikipedia's name, and wrote many of its early guidelines, including the ...

   • Born: Lawrence Mark Sanger, July 16, 1968 (age 55), Bellevue, Washington, U.S.

   • Occupation(s): Internet project developer, philosopher

2. www.historytools.org › people › jimmy-wales-completeJimmy Wales: The Man Who Democratized Human Knowledge

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   Mar 27, 2024 · March 27, 2024. [Jimmy Wales photo] The date was January 15, 2001. While the dotcom boom was imploding, three men quietly launched an unlikely website from San Diego. Little did they know this side project called Wikipedia would grow to become the largest encyclopedia in history, disrupting how we gather and spread human knowledge.

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   Who is Jimmy Wales?

   • 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 open-source management style. Wales received degrees in finance from Auburn University (B.S.) and the University of Alabama (M.S.).

   Jimmy Wales | Internet pioneer, Wikipedia founder | Britannica Money

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   How did Jimmy Wales create Wikipedia?

   • 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.

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   Is Jimmy Wales still wikipedia's biggest competitor?

   • Biographers characterize Jimmy Wales as restless, responsive and radically imaginative all at once. Two decades since that humble dot org experiment, perhaps Wikipedia still remains Wikipedia‘s biggest competitor. American-British internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, has helped build communities of knowledge.

   Jimmy Wales: The Man Who Democratized Human Knowledge

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   How many Wikipedia articles does Jimmy Wales have?

   • Wikipedia currently includes more than 50 million articles in more than 258 languages. Jimmy Wales Jimmy Donal Wales was born in Huntsville, Madison County, on August 8, 1966, to Jimmy Wales, a grocer, and Doris Ann Dudley Wales, an educator who co-owned the private Montessori-based House of Learning Elementary School with her mother.

   Wales, Jimmy - Encyclopedia of Alabama

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4. www.britannica.com › money › Jimmy-WalesJimmy Wales | Internet pioneer, Wikipedia founder ...

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   Apr 28, 2024 · Jimmy Wales is an American entrepreneur, who cofounded Wikipedia, a free Internet-based encyclopaedia operating under an open-source management style. Wales received degrees in finance from Auburn University (B.S.) and the University of Alabama (M.S.). From 1994 to 2000 he was an options trader in.

5. tim.blog › 2021/08/24 › jimmy-walesJimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia, on Homeschooling, Atheism ...

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   Aug 24, 2021 · — Jimmy Wales. Internet and technology entrepreneur Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) is founder of the online nonprofit encyclopedia Wikipedia and cofounder of the privately owned Wikia, Inc., including its entertainment media brand Fandom, powered by Wikia.

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7. encyclopediaofalabama.org › article › jimmy-walesWales, Jimmy - Encyclopedia of Alabama

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   Mar 27, 2023 · Huntsville native Jimmy Wales (1966- ) is an entrepreneur who is best known as the major founder of Wikipedia, a groundbreaking open-forum online encyclopedia. He is also the president of Fandom (formerly Wikia), a wiki hosting service, and chair emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit funding arm of Wikipedia. Wales is credited with transforming […]

8. www.ted.com › talks › jimmy_wales_the_birth_of_wikipediaJimmy Wales: The birth of Wikipedia | TED Talk

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   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.

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10. tim.blog › 2021/08/24 › jimmy-wales-transcriptThe Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Jimmy Wales, Founder of ...

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    Aug 24, 2021 · Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales), founder of the online nonprofit encyclopedia Wikipedia and cofounder of the privately owned Wikia, Inc., including its entertainment media brand Fandom, powered by Wikia. Jimmy serves on the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit charitable organization he established to operate Wikipedia ...