Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales, born 7 August 1966, is an American born and raised internet entrepreneur. On 15 January 2001, Wales, together with Larry Sanger, co-founded , which is now the world's largest internet encyclopedia, compiled of user-generated content in a wiki format. Wales is also the founder and of the non-profit  (WMF), itself founded June 2003, which owns and runs Wikipedia and its related sites and projects, totalling nearly 900 wikis. Subsequently, in 2004, Wales, along with his then new British business partner Angela Beesley, co-founded  (now known as Fandom, Inc.), a commercial wiki hosting service, commonly known as a wiki farm.

Wales is passionate about the 'wiki' format; on his, he encourages others to edit his page; in the faith that any of the 2,000 other Wikipedians who monitor his own page via their 'watchlists' will revert any 'bad faith' edits. For any editor who is unsure of their own motives, simply ask: .

Wales, an atheist, thrice married and twice divorced, has lived in , England, in the United Kingdom since 2012, and became a  citizen in 2019. He has been listed one of the '100 Most Influential People' by Time Magazine in 2006, and ranked by Forbes Magazine as a 'Web Celeb'.

Wikis

 * English Wikipedia — founder
 * Wikimedia Foundation — founder,
 * Wikia Community Central —
 * Wikianswers — sysop, check user