Biography of Jimmy Wales Biography of Jimmy Wales Jimmy Wells, Huntville (Alabama) is an American Internet entrepreneur and is the founder and promoter of Wikipedia. His full name is Jimmy Donnell Wells. His friends fondly call him Jimbo. He also used to write a blog on internet named as Jimmy Wales. The young man from the United States taught in two universities, working in a financial institution before doing P.H.D., then became director of research in Chicago. In 1996, in partnership with two partners, Bomis established a financial resource providing organization, which provided initial financial support to the Open Knowledge Institute named Nupedia and its subsequent establishment Wikipedia. Presently (nowadays) he works on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. This foundation is a charitable organization that runs Wikipedia to no avail. Vocally Jimmy Wales, he was born August 8, 1966 in Huntville, Alabama instead of 7. On 7 August 1966, the Encycl...
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