Jimmy Wales: podcast appearances and interviews

Jimmy Donal Wales, born on August 8, 1966, in Huntsville, Alabama, is an American and British internet entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia, a nonprofit free encyclopedia, and Fandom, a for-profit wiki hosting service. Wales has also been involved with Bomis, Nupedia, WikiTribune, and Trust Café. He attended Randolph School and earned degrees in finance from Auburn University and the University of Alabama. During the 1990s, he worked as a financial options trader in Chicago before shifting his focus to the internet economy. While in graduate school, Wales was teaching at two universities but left before completing a PhD to work in finance, eventually becoming chief research officer at Chicago Options Associates. In 1996, he co-founded Bomis, which funded Nupedia, an early peer-reviewed online encyclopedia. On January 15, 2001, he launched Wikipedia with Larry Sanger and others, leading to rapid growth for the platform. Although Wales became its prominent promoter and public face, he has occasionally disputed Sanger's role, asserting sole founder status. Wales has served on the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees since its inception, holding the