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

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   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).

2. 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.

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

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   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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5. www.ted.com › speakers › jimmy_walesJimmy Wales | Speaker | TED

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   Learn about Jimmy Wales, the visionary who created Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia with millions of articles in multiple languages. Watch his TED talk, read his blog and explore his latest project, Wikiasari, a wiki-style search engine.

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     What is freedom? Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder - BBC News

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     The Future of Free Culture: Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia

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7. 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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8. www.britannica.com › money › Jimmy-WalesJimmy Wales | Internet pioneer, Wikipedia founder

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   May 30, 2024 · Jimmy Wales is an American entrepreneur, who cofounded Wikipedia, a free Internet-based encyclopaedia operating under an open-source management style. Wales received degrees in finance from Auburn University (B.S.) and the University of Alabama (M.S.).

9. www.npr.org › 2021/07/23 › 1019382485Jimmy Wales: How Can Wikipedia Ensure A Safe And Shared ... - NPR

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   Jul 23, 2021 · Wikipedian Jake Orlowitz describes how volunteers update the world's largest encyclopedia. And co-founder Jimmy Wales says the site must not only be a neutral space, but one that encourages...