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Jimmy Wales
Wales at the Wikimedia Conference 2013 buird meetin
BornJimmy Donal Wales
(1966-08-07) 7 August 1966 (age 58)
Huntsville, Alabama, Unitit States
ResidenceLunnon, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick[1]
Ither namesJimbo
Alma mater
ThriftInternet entrepreneur, umwhile a financial trader
Title
SuccessorFlorence Devouard
Board member of
Hauf-marrae(s)
  • Pamela Green
  • (m. 1986, div)
  • Christine Rohan
  • (m. 1997, div)
  • Kate Garvey
  • (m. 2012)
Wabsteid
jimmywales.com

Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (/ˈɪmi ˈdnəl ˈwlz/; born 7 August 1966) is a American Internet entrepreneur best kent as the co-foonder an promoter o the online nan-profit encyclopaedie Wikipaedia an the for-profit Fandom wab-hostin company.[2] [3]

References

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  1. Hough, Stephen (11 Mairch 2012). "Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 Mey 2012.
  2. "Wikipedia: 50 languages, 1/2 million articles". Wikimedia Foundation Press Release. Wikimedia Foondation. 25 Apryle 2004. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2009.
  3. "Brain scan: The free-knowledge fundamentalist". The Economist. 5 Juin 2008. Retrieved 9 Juin 2008.