Jimmy Wales

1. Achievements :Jimmy Wales was mentioned in Time 100 ‘Scientists and Thinkers’ section in 2006. Wales has received other awards such as the ‘2009 Nokia Foundation’ annual award, the ‘Business Process’ award and ‘the 2008 Global Brand Icon of the Year Award.

2. Facts : Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama on August 7, 1966.He attended Randolph School, a university-preparatory school.Later, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in Finance from Auburn University and the University of Alabama, respectively.Is an American Internet entrepreneur.

3. Wikipedia :On January 15, 2001, with Larry Sanger and others, Wales launched Wikipedia—a free, open content encyclopedia that enjoyed rapid growth and popularity. Initially only in English, Wikipedia quickly became multilingual as it developed similar versions in other languages

3.1. Wikipedia is ranked as the 6th most-visited site on the planet. In January 2010, it earned more than 365 million unique visitors. This online encyclopedia is used regularly by more than 500 million users worldwide. Jimmy Wale’s name was held in “the 100 most influential people in the world” in 2006 by the Time magazine. Before the launch of Wikipedia, Wales had never travelled outside the territory of North America.

4. Nupedia : In March 2000, he launched Nupedia—an open-content, peer-moderated reference site. He hired an academic, Larry Sanger, to serve as editor-in-chief.

4.1. Wikipedia and Nupedia co-existed for a short time

5. Personal life : Wales has been married three times and has two daughters. Wales is an outspoken atheist and an adherent of Objectivism, a philosophy popularized by author Ayn Rand(Objectivism privileges individualism, capitalism and reason). He is agree with liberian ideas but it doesnt follow the correspondy party.

6. Inventions :

6.1. Wikia : In 2004, Wales and colleague Angela Beesley founded a for-profit internet company called Wikia. He stepped down from his position as CEO in 2009.The goal of the project was to make government-funded research available to taxpayers at no cost