Jimmy Wales

Jimbo Wales
Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales
Age:	born 7 August
Gender:	Male
Other names:	Jimbo Wales, Internet guy
Nationality:	American
Language(s):	en-N This person is a native English speaker.
Residence:	London, England
Home wiki(s):	English Wikipedia, Wikia
Editing status:	Active
Pers. website:	JimmyWales.com
Contact(s):	https://Twitter.com/jimmy_wales

Jimmy Donal 'Jimbo' Wales, born 7 August, is an American Internet entrepreneur. On 15 January 2001, Wales together with Larry Sanger co-founded Wikipedia, now the world's largest Internet encyclopedia. Wales is also the founder and Chairman Emeritus of the 'non-profit' Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), itself founded June 2003, which owns and runs Wikipedia and its related sites and projects, totalling over 850 wikis. Subsequently, in 2004, Wales, along with his then new business partner Angela Starling, co-founded Wikia, a commercial wiki farm.

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

Wales, twice married and twice divorced, now lives in London, United Kingdom. He has been listed one of '100 Most Influential People' by Time Magazine.

Wikis

• English Wikipedia — founder
• Wikimedia Foundation — founder
• Wikia Community Central — President
• Uncyclowikia
• Wikianswers — sysop, check user

See also

• Wikimania

External links

• JimmyWales.com — official blog homepage
• Jimmy Wales Twitter feed
• Jimmy Wales fans Facebook page
• The Rise of the Trash Blogs — an observational blog article on Jimmy by fellow Wikipedian Erik Möller