Jimmy Wales
| Jimmy Wales link Sourcewatch Website Wikiquote (Internet entrepreneur, financial trader) | |
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.jpg) Jimmy Wales weds Kate Garvey in 2012 | |
| Born | James Donal Wales 7 August 1966 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Auburn University, University of Alabama |
| Children | 3 daughters |
| Spouses | Christine Rohan, Kate Garvey |
Founder of super-influential Wikipedia. Tony Blair aide's is (strategically?) married to him. | |
Jimmy Wales[1] is an American Internet entrepreneur,[2] best known as the co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Background
Jimmy Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, where he attended Randolph School, a university-preparatory school.[3] Later, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in Finance from Auburn University and the University of Alabama, respectively.
Career
While in graduate school, Wales taught at two universities; however, he departed before completing a PhD to take a job in finance, and later worked as the Research Director of a Chicago, Illinois, futures and options firm. In 1996, he and two partners founded Bomis, an adult web portal featuring entertainment and adult content. The company would provide the initial funding for the peer-reviewed free encyclopedia, Nupedia (2000–03), and its successor, Wikipedia.
Wikipedia
- Full article: Wikipedia
- Full article: Wikipedia
On 15 January 2001, with Larry Sanger and others, Wales launched Wikipedia — an open content encyclopedia that enjoyed rapid growth and popularity; as Wikipedia's public profile grew, he became the project's promoter and spokesman. He is historically cited as a co-founder of Wikipedia, though he has disputed the "co-" designation, declaring himself the sole founder.
Wikimedia Foundation
Wales serves on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, the non-profit charitable organisation that he helped establish to operate Wikipedia, holding its board-appointed "community founder" seat. In 2004, he co-founded Wikia, a for-profit wiki hosting service. His role in creating Wikipedia, which has become the world's largest encyclopedia, prompted Time Magazine to name him in their 2006 list of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World".[4]
Connections
In 2012, Jimmy Wales married Kate Garvey, (an aide of Tony Blair) who – like Wales – was designated as WEF/Young Global Leaders 2007.[5]
References
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/aug/03/observer-profile-jimmy-wales-wikipedia
- ↑ http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Jimmy-Waless-benevolent-Wikipedia-wisdom%7C
- ↑ Walden, Lea Ann, et al. (spring 2013). "Where Are They Now?". Randolph Magazine Archived August 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. 18 (1). pp. 20–27. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1975813_1975844_1976488,00.html
- ↑ "YGL Alumni Community – Jimmy Wales and Kate Garvey in 2007"
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