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Angela Beesley Starling (born on August 3, 1977) is a British web entrepreneur. She started as a volunteer editor at the English Wikipedia in February 2003. In June 2004, she was elected to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation and re-elected in July 2005. [1] She worked with Jimmy Wales and started Wikia (Now known as Fandom) with him.
Angela Beesley Starling (born on 3 August 1977) is a Inglis wab entrepreneur. She wirks wi Jimmy Wales an co-founded Wikia with him. She is marriet tae Tim Starling.
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Feb 6, 2019 · Fandom’s corporate name is Wikia Inc., the for-profit company founded by Wikimedia Foundation’s Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley Starling. Last year, the raised funding from private-equity firm...
- Todd Spangler
Fandom was launched on October 18, 2004, at 23:50:49 (UTC) under the name Wikicities (which invited comparisons to Yahoo's GeoCities), by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, and Angela Beesley Starling—respectively chairman emeritus and advisory board member of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wales' original idea was to use his Wikipedia idea for ...
- 300+ (2016)
- San Francisco, California, U.S.
- October 18, 2004; 18 years ago
- Perkins Miller (CEO), Jimmy Wales (President), Brandon Rhea (VP of Community)
Oct 3, 2022 · Fandom was founded by Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia co-founder, and entrepreneur Angela Beesley Starling. In 2018, Fandom was sold to a company backed by venture-capital firm TPG headed by Jon...
- Todd Spangler
May 3, 2023 · Fandom’s corporate name is Wikia Inc., the for-profit company founded by Wikimedia Foundation’s Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley Starling. In 2018, Fandom raised funding from private-equity...
Advisory Board interviews conducted at Wikimania: Angela Beesley Starling . August 24-28, 2009 . Key themes: Need for experimentation/innovation within Wikimedia Need for prioritization and rationalization of Wiki projects; Need for renewed efforts towards the charitable mission; What is your history with Wikimedia?
