Jimmy Wales

**Jimmy Wales**
	co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
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Name in native language	Jimmy Donal Wales;
Date of birth	7 August 1966; Huntsville; Jimmy Donal Wales
Pseudonym	Jimbo;
Country of citizenship	United States of America; United Kingdom;
Educated at	Auburn University (1983–1986); University of Alabama (1986–); Indiana University Bloomington (1990s); Randolph School (1979–1983);
Occupation	businessman; blogger; entrepreneur; Wikimedian; computer scientist; researcher; orator; merchant;
Employer	Fandom (2004–); Bomis (1996–2004);
Member of	Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (2003–); Wikimedia Foundation;
Position held	Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (2003–2006); non-executive director (2016–); Founder's seat;
Field of work	website; Internet; collaborative software; encyclopedia; business;
Native language	American English;
Spouse	Kate Garvey (2012–);
Notable work	Wikipedia;
Award received	Quadriga (2008); EFF Award (2006); Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize (2011); UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal (2013); Internet Hall of Fame (2013); Young Global Leaders (2007); Leonardo Award (2011); Dan David Prize (2015); President's Medal (2017); prix Giles (2017); Nokia Foundation Recognition Award;
	official website
Authority file
	Q181; ISNI: 0000000070564830; VIAF ID: 96800423; GND ID: 171494229; Library of Congress authority ID: no2009117557; IdRef ID: 169103838; NL CR AUT ID: pna20221169588; National Library of Israel ID (old): 005139294; NUKAT ID: n2018242461; NLP ID (old): a0000002399021; BabelNet ID: 03067333n; PLWABN ID: 9810664309005606; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007394848605171; IMDb ID: nm2467065
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Jimmy Wales (1966–)

	Alternative names	Jimbo Wales; Jimmy Donal Wales
	Description	American-British entrepreneur, teacher, writer and blogger known for his role in founding Wikipedia and other wiki-related projects.
	Date of birth	7 August 1966
	Location of birth	Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
	Work period	1986–present
	Authority file	: Q181 VIAF: 96800423 ISNI: 0000000070564830 LCCN: no2009117557 GND: 171494229 SUDOC: 169103838 NKC: pna20221169588 NLP: a0000002399021 J9U: 987007394848605171 WorldCat

He's also known as Jimbo.

Photos

Jimbo at the CC Board Meeting (2008)
Thinkshot during a shoot with Jimmy Wales
At the Wizards of OS
2006
Jimmy Wales in Paris
Jimmy Wales at a Wikipedia meetup in St. Petersburg, Florida
Jimmy Wales in London
Jimmy Wales in Brussels
21st Chaos Communication Congress Berlin 2004
21st Chaos Communication Congress Berlin 2004
Jimmy Wales standing at the Hohlbeinsteg bridge in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, July 2005
Jimmy Wales at the Wikimania, Frankfurt 2005
Jimmy Wales at the first Wikipedia Academy, Göttingen 2006
Caricature by Greg Williams
Jimmy Wales at NCC Tokyo 2007
Wales and Howard Rheingold at Stanford University
In April 2008
2008 Fundraiser photo
Afterimage by Dimitri Parant
Portrait by Pricasso
wiki-future book
wikimana speaker
Wikimania 2011
Wikimania 2014
wikimania 2019