Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales is an American internet entrepreneur who co-founded Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation. He is known for promoting free, collaboratively written knowledge online.

Larry Sanger: Larry Sanger is an American philosopher who co-founded Wikipedia and served as its early editor-in-chief. Sanger worked with Wales to launch Wikipedia, then left amid disputes about its direction.
Bomis: Bomis was a web portal and search engine company co-founded by Jimmy Wales and Tim Shell in 1996. Bomis funded the early encyclopedia projects associated with Wales.
Wikimedia Foundation: The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects. Wales co-founded the foundation to support Wikipedia and related projects.
Jimmy Wales Foundation: The Jimmy Wales Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Jimmy Wales to support free access to knowledge. The foundation carries Wales’s free-knowledge advocacy into charitable work.
Tim Shell: Tim Shell is an internet entrepreneur who co-founded Bomis with Jimmy Wales. Shell was Wales’s business partner at Bomis, the company that launched Nupedia.
Nupedia: Nupedia was an online encyclopedia whose articles were written and reviewed by experts through a formal process. Wales and Larry Sanger created Nupedia before adopting a wiki model for Wikipedia.
Wikimedia movement: The Wikimedia movement comprises organizations, communities, and individuals working on free-knowledge projects. Wales’s role extends beyond Wikipedia to the wider movement built around Wikimedia projects.
Wikimedia Enterprise: Wikimedia Enterprise is a Wikimedia Foundation service that provides large-scale access to Wikimedia content for commercial users. Its creation reflects a shift toward funding free knowledge through paid services for major users.
Angela Beesley: Angela Beesley is a British internet entrepreneur and Wikimedia movement leader. Beesley joined Wales in establishing the Wikimedia Foundation and developing its community.
Wikipedia: Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by volunteers. Wales co-founded the project that became his most influential venture.

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