Jimmy Wales | |
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Born | Jimmy Donal Wales August 7, 1966 |
Other names | Jimbo (screen name)[1] |
Education | |
Occupations | Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, financial trader (formerly) |
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Successor | Florence Devouard (as Chair of Wikimedia Foundation) |
Board member of |
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Spouse(s) |
Pamela Green
(m. 1986; div. 1993)Christine Rohan
(m. 1997; div. 2011) |
Children | 3 daughters |
Awards | See below |
Website | jimmywales |
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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. He then earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance. In 1996, he and two partners started Bomis. Bomis was an Internet portal with entertainment and adult content. The company gave money for Nupedia (2000–2003) and, after that, Wikipedia.