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Jimmy Wales is the founder of the online, open-source encyclopedia Wikipedia, the web hosting service Wikia, open-source search tool Wikia Search and a board member of the Wikimedia Foundation. A strong proponent of open-source technology, Wales has received the Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and sits on the board of Creative Commons.
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Fast Facts
- Born August 7, 1966 in Huntsville, Alabama
- An Objectivist; Wales named his daughter Kira after an Ayn Rand character
- Lives in St. Petersburg, Florida
- Former researcher for a futures and options trading firm
- Alma mater: Auburn University, University of Alabama and Indiana University
- Has a PhD in finance
- Started Wikipedia with philosopher Larry Sanger
- Serves on the board of directors at Creative Commons
- Gave a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos
- In 2006 named Time's 100 most influential people
- Worked as a researcher for Chicago Options Associates
- Started Bomis.com in 1996
- Used money made from Bomis.com to start Wikipedia
- Avoids disclosing the date of his birthday
- Wales was home-schooled by his mother and grandmother
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Controversies
- Considers himself the sole founder of Wikipedia, though many credit early editor Larry Sanger as co-founder
- Involved in an ongoing sex scandal with political pundit Rachel Marsden
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The Mahalo Top 7
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Gaurdian Unlimited: Interview
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SFGate.com: Allegations swirl around Wikipedia's Wales
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Wikipedia & User page
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Official Blog: Jimmy Wales
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Time: "Jimmy Wales"
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Forbes.com: The Web Celeb 25: #14
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Podcast Interview: IT Conversations: Jimmy Wales
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Gaurdian Unlimited: Interview
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Jimmy Wales on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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Lucía Castellón nombra a algunos profesores del #MICPD entre ellos Jimmy Wales @jlori @mancini y Francis Pisani #digital09
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RIT SG Horton Speaker: Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder of Wikipedia.org--one of the top 100 influential people according to 'Time' magazine
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RT @scottzero: Wow, check out today's featured article on Wikipedia. [Jimmy Wales is going to hell. To hell, I tell you.]
@siibo | July 09, 2009 04:04 PM
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Jimmy Wales Professional Profile
- Current Projects:
- Founder, Owner, and Chair, Wikia, Inc.
- Board Member, Wikimedia Foundation
- Past Projects:
- Founder, Wikipedia
- Founder and Chair, Wikimedia Foundation
- Founder, Nupedia
- Co-Founder, Bomis
- Research Director, Chicago Options Associates
- Blog: Jimmy Wales
- LinkedIn Profile
- Current Projects:
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Jimmy Wales News and Articles
- Telegraph.co.uk: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales in donations row (March 12, 2008)
- Telegraph.co.uk: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales in online love spat (March 4, 2008)
- Washington Post: Wikipedia's Wales Hit Over Expenses (March 4,2008)
- Wired: Wikipedia Founder Hit With Relationship Trouble, Allegations of Excessive Spending (March 4, 2008)
- Fast Company: Why Is This Man Smiling? (March 2007)
- Business 2.0: Wikipedia founder hunts for gold (April 3, 2007)
- The New York Times: Jimmy Wales Articles
- Google News: Jimmy Wales
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Jimmy Wales on Amazon | View All
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Back 2 Back - $15.99
This Dynamic Jazz Dual have come together to celebrate over 41 years of Jazzing the world over. Terry Williams and Jimmy Jones has been entertaining Jazz fans for nearly four decades and now they have come together to bring you some of the ...
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Jimmy Wales: Vision: Wikipedia and the Future of Free Culture - $12.99
Vision is one of the most powerful forms of long-term thinking. Jimmy Wales, founder and president of the all-embracing online encyclopedia Wikipedia, examines how vision drives and defines that project and its strategy - and how it fits in...
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Wikipedia and beyond: Jimmy Wales' sprawling vision.(Cover story)(Biography): An article from: Reason - $9.95
This digital document is an article from Reason, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2007. The length of the article is 6919 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format an...
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