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Jimmy Donal Wales (born August 7, 1966), also known as Jimbo Wales, is an American Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, and former financial trader. He is a co-founder of the non-profit free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and the for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom (formerly Wikia).
Sep 25, 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.
Ranked by Forbes Magazine as a “Web Celeb”, Jimmy Donal Wales is a U.S. Internet entrepreneur, wiki pioneer, and technology visionary, who is best known as the Founder of Wikipedia, an international collaborative free content encyclopedia on the Internet, and the Wikimedia Foundation.
Mar 27, 2024 · Behind this world-changing movement was Jimmy Wales, an unassuming genius who built online communities to empower ordinary people. Let‘s examine his background, achievements, personal life and the evolution of his radical vision.
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.
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.
Wales earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Auburn University and a master’s at the University of Alabama. From 1994 to 2000, he was the research director at Chicago Options Associates, a futures and options trading firm in Chicago.
Jimmy Wales. Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (/ ˈdoʊnəl ˈweɪlz /; born August 7, 1966 [3]) is an American-born British Internet entrepreneur. He is one of the people who started Wikipedia and Wikia. [4][5] Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. There, he went to Randolph School.
Why you should listen. Jimmy Wales went from betting on interest rates and foreign-currency fluctuations (as an option trader) to betting on the willingness of people to share their knowledge.
Aug 10, 2009 · In this talk from 2005, let co-founder Jimmy Wales take you back to a time when Wikipedia was just gaining true momentum with the general public. Recall the debates that took place in the mass media and mini-scandals that were created around the site.
