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About Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales is an American-British internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia, the world's largest free online encyclopedia. Born in 1966 in Huntsville, Alabama, he launched Wikipedia in 2001 alongside Larry Sanger, revolutionizing how humanity accesses and shares knowledge. He also founded the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia and its sister projects.
Wales believes that every human being deserves free access to the sum of all human knowledge, and that collaborative, community-driven models can produce reliable and valuable resources without traditional gatekeepers.
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing."
"Wikipedia is a non-profit. It was either the dumbest thing I ever did or the smartest thing I ever did."
Chat with Jimmy when you're...
- Working on co-founding wikipedia or championing open-access knowledge
- Making a hard decision and need a direct, honest perspective
- Setting a bold long-term vision and pressure-testing whether it holds up
- Figuring out what to cut and what to double down on
- Preparing for a high-stakes pitch, presentation, or conversation
