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Jimmy Wales
co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 7 August 1966, 8 August 1966, 1966
- Place of birth
- Huntsville
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Wales
- Spouse
- Kate Garvey, Christine Rohan, Pamela Green
- Field of work
- website, Internet, collaborative software, encyclopedia, entrepreneurship
- Occupation
- businessperson, entrepreneur, Wikimedian, computer scientist, researcher, orator, merchant
- Position held
- Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, non-executive director, Founder's seat of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
- Citizenship
- United States, United Kingdom
- Native language
- American English
- Religion
- irreligion
- Awards
- Quadriga, EFF Award, Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize, UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal, Internet Hall of Fame, Young Global Leaders, Leonardo Award, Dan David Prize, President's Medal, Prix Giles, Nokia Foundation Recognition Award
- affiliation string
- Wikimedia Foundation, Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia.org
- birth name
- Jimmy Donal Wales
- educated at
- Auburn University, University of Alabama, Indiana University Bloomington, Randolph School
- employer
- Fandom, Inc., Bomis
- influenced by
- Ayn Rand, Friedrich Hayek
- languages spoken, written or signed
- American English, English
- name in kana
- ジミー・ドナル・ウェールズ
- name in native language
- Jimmy Donal Wales
- notable work
- Wikipedia, The Seven Rules of Trust
- owner of
- Bomis, WikiTribune, Trustcafé, Wikipedia
- participant in
- World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020, Wikimedia Conference 2012, Wikimedia Conference 2016, Wikimedia Conference 2017
- pseudonym
- Jimbo
- public key fingerprint
- 997B 591F 0D14 CB0F A0BF 3A70 3E65 3930 623D 4997
- residence
- London
- social media followers
- 166231, 154119, 168137, 217198, 213359
- topic's main category
- Category:Jimmy Wales
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