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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jimmy_WalesJimmy Wales - Wikipedia

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   Signature. Jimmy Donal Wales (born August 7, 1966), also referred to as Jimbo Wales (as a user of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects), is a British-American [3] Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, and former financial trader. He is a co-founder of Wikipedia and the for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom (formerly Wikia).

   • Children: 3 daughters
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   • Other names: Jimbo (screen name)
   • Born: Jimmy Donal Wales, August 7, 1966 (age 57), Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.

2. www.theguardian.com › technology › 2014Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: 'It's true, I'm not a billionaire ...

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   Feb 7, 2014 · Jimmy Wales (wikipedia founder) married Kate Garvey (Tony Blair's former diary secretary) in 2012 Photograph: Dwayne Senior/Dwayne Senior /eyevine

3. www.celebritynetworth.com › jimmy-wales-net-worthJimmy Wales Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth

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   Jimmy Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur who has a net worth of $1.5 million. Jimmy Wales is an American-British Internet entrepreneur who co-founded the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit web-hosting company Wikia. He was named one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time. With a slight twist of fa...

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   In a 2019 Tweet, Jimmy confirmed that in the entire history of the Wikimedia Foundation, he had made $0 in salary.

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   Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 7, 1966, to parents Jimmy Sr. and Doris Ann. His father was a grocery store manager, and his mother ran a private school called the House of Learning. Wales, along with his three siblings, received their early education at this school. Throughout his childhood, Wales loved reading and developed an in...

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   Wales began his career in 1994 at Chicago Options Associates, an options trading firm in Chicago. Wales had developed an interest in computer code while in school, as well as computer games and computer networks in general. This interest inspired him to leave his finance job and found Bomis, a web portal and "guy-oriented search engine," with two p...

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   Wales has been married three times. When he was 20, he married his co-worker at a grocery store, Pamela Green. They divorced in 1993. He then met his second wife, Christine Rohan, through a mutual friend while working in Chicago. They were married in Florida in March of 1997. They had a daughter together but then separated in 2008. In 2008, Wales b...

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5. www.nytimes.com › 2013/06/30 › magazineJimmy Wales Is Not an Internet Billionaire - The New York Times

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   Being the most famous traveling spokesman for Internet freedom brings in a decent living, but it’s not Silicon Valley money. It’s barely London money. Wales’s total net worth, by most ...

6. metro.co.uk › 2018/03/13 › wikipedia-co-founderJimmy Wales net worth, age and family | Metro News

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   Mar 13, 2018 · Jimmy Wales, who is sometimes known as Jimbo, is surprisingly only worth $1 million (£751,800). That’s a pretty modest pile compared to the likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (£53.7...

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   Did Jimmy Wales marry Tony Blair's former aide?

   • "Wiki wedding: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales marries Tony Blair's former aide". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2017. ^ Edemariam, Aida (February 19, 2011). "The Saturday interview: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017.

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   Was Jimmy Wales a multi-billionaire?

   • Jimmy Wales is an American-British Internet entrepreneur who co-founded the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit web-hosting company Wikia. He was named one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time. With a slight twist of fate/strategy, Jimmy, by any count, could have been a multi-billionaire.

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   Is Jimmy Wales a billionaire?

   • "Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: 'It's true, I'm not a billionaire. So?' – interview". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2017. ^ Arendse, Ilse (April 20, 2007). "MySpace will fail". News24. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.

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   Did Jimmy Wales launch WikiTribune to eradicate fake news?

   • "Wikipedia co-founder launches Wikitribune to eradicate fake news". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017. ^ "Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales launches Twitter and Facebook rival". Financial Times. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.

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8. www.dmagazine.com › frontburner › 2016The Business of Wikipedia: How Jimmy Wales Built the Free ...

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   May 12, 2016 · But since it functions like a nonprofit, Wikipedia only raises the money it needs to meet budget. It doesn’t seek additional revenue, Wales said. For San Francisco-based Wikipedia, the model...

9. www.theguardian.com › theobserver › 2014Jimmy Wales: digital champion of free speech - The Guardian

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   Aug 2, 2014 · Despite creating the planet's sixth most visited website – the online encyclopedia attracts more traffic than Amazon – Wales receives no salary from Wikipedia.