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

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   Jimmy Donal Wales (born on August 7, 1966), also known as Jimbo Wales as a user of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, is an 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).

2. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jimmy_WalesJimmy Wales - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   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.

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4. jimmywales.com › about-jimmyAbout Jimmy | Jimmy Wales

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   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.

5. www.wired.com › 2013 › 03How Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia Harnessed the Web as a ... - WIRED

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   Mar 19, 2013 · Founding Wikipedia in 2001 (along with Larry Sanger, by most accounts other than Wales’), Wales understood the web’s egalitarian underpinning and the open source method’s ability to spur...

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6. wikimediafoundation.org › story › jimmy-walesJimmy Wales – Wikimedia Foundation

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   Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia and a member of its governing board. He also supports and celebrates the Wikimedia movement and its volunteers through talks and awards.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_WikipediaHistory of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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   Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales said that the concept of Wikipedia came when he was a graduate student at Indiana University, where he was impressed with the successes of the open-source movement and found Richard Stallman's Emacs Manifesto promoting free software and a sharing economy interesting.

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   Who is Jimmy Wales?

   • "Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales exits Guardian board over conflict of interest with Wikitribune news site". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. ^ Rogoway, Mike (July 27, 2007). "Wikipedia & its founder disagree on his birth date". Silicon Forest. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011.

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   Who is Jimbo Wales?

   • m. Jimmy Donal " Jimbo " Wales (born August 7, 1966; Jimbo Wales as a user of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects), is an 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).

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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 a billionaire?

   • "Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, Meet in Egypt". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2017. ^ Cadwalladr, Carole (February 7, 2014). "Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: 'It's true, I'm not a billionaire. So?' – interview". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019.

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

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   Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, shares how he created a collaborative online encyclopedia with a ragtag band of volunteers. Watch his TED talk from 2005 and learn about the history, challenges and vision of Wikipedia.