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|about URL    = https://about.fandom.com/about
|about URL    = https://about.fandom.com/about
|maintopic    = Wiki company<!--leave this as is, it can not be overridden-->
|maintopic    = Wiki company<!--leave this as is, it can not be overridden-->
|founder      = [[Jimmy Wales]]<br>[[Angela Beesley Starling]]
|founder      = [[Jimmy Wales]]<br>[[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]]
|CEO          = TPG Capital
|CEO          = TPG Capital
|engine      = MediaWiki
|engine      = MediaWiki
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|status      = Active<!--'Active' if available, 'Dead' if not, 'Dormant' if available but no staff support-->
|status      = Active<!--'Active' if available, 'Dead' if not, 'Dormant' if available but no staff support-->
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'''<big>Wikia, Inc.</big>''', now '''<big>Fandom, Inc.</big>''', is a {{tag|Wiki company|company}} registered and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated}} in the {{tag|Delaware|State of Delaware}}, [[:Category:United States of America|United States of America]] (corporate number C2935209).  Its registered office is at 130 Sutter Street, 4th Floor, {{tag|San Francisco|San Francisco County}}, [[:Category:California|State of California]] 94104, United States of America.<ref name=Terms>[https://www.fandom.com/terms-of-use Fandom | Terms of Use]; ''Community.Fandom.com'' (originally: ''Community.Wikia.com''); Fandom, {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated|Inc.}} (originally: Wikia, {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated|Inc.}}); dated 24 May 2022; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref>
'''<big>Wikia, Inc.</big>''', now '''<big>Fandom, Inc.</big>''', is a {{tag|Wiki company|company}} registered and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated}} in the {{tag|Delaware|State of Delaware}}, [[:Category:United States of America|United States of America]] (corporate number C2935209).  Its registered office is at 130 Sutter Street, 4th Floor, {{tag|San Francisco|San Francisco County}}, [[:Category:California|State of California]] 94104, United States of America.<ref name=Terms>[https://www.fandom.com/terms-of-use Fandom Terms of Use]; ''Community.Fandom.com'' (originally: ''Community.Wikia.com''); Fandom, {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated|Inc.}} (originally: Wikia, {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated|Inc.}}); dated 24 May 2022; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref>


Founded 18 October {{tag|Founded in 2004|2004}} as [[:Category:Wikicities|Wikicities]] by [[:Category:American|American]] internet entrepreneur [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy 'Jimbo' Wales]] (who had previously founded [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]), and his then [[:Category:British|British]] business partner [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]] (now known as Angela Starling).<ref name=About>[https://about.fandom.com/about Fandom | About Us]; ''about.Fandom.com''; Fandom, {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated|Inc.}}; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref>
Founded 18 October {{tag|Founded in 2004|2004}} as {{tag|Wikicities}} by [[:Category:American|American]] internet entrepreneur [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy 'Jimbo' Wales]] (who had previously founded [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]), and his then [[:Category:British|British]] business partner [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]] (now known as Angela Starling).<ref name=About>[https://about.fandom.com/about Fandom About Us]; ''about.Fandom.com''; Fandom, {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated|Inc.}}; accessed 19 December 2022.</ref> It operates the largest [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|MediaWiki-powered wiki farm]], known as {{tag|Wikia}} from March 2006 (as Wikia, Inc.), and Fandom from late 2016 (as Fandom, Inc.).


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