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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).
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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Image Credit. Birthday: August 7, 1966 ( Leo) Born In: Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Internet Entrepreneurs #9. Business People #154. Quick Facts. Also Known As: Jimmy Donal Wales. Age: 57 Years, 57 Year Old Males. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Kate Garvey, Christine Rohan (m. 1997–2010), Pamela Green. father: Jimmy Sr. mother: Doris Ann (née Dudley)
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 ...
Apr 28, 2024 · 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.
Mar 19, 2013 · The Encyclopedic Mind of Jimmy Wales. The Wikipedia cofounder started out as a PhD student in economics and ended up unleashing a revolution in knowledge. —Elise Craig. 1969.
Jimmy Wales. 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 ...
