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{{SHORTDESC:Founder of Wikipedia}}'''Jimmy Donal Wales''' (born August 7, 1966), also known on Wikipedia by the nickname '''Jimbo Wales''', is an American and British<ref name=":02">{{cite tweet|user=jimmy_wales|author=Jimmy Wales|number=1173693309115686913|title=I just became a UK citizen, quite happy about that. It occurs to me that perhaps a few MPs should actually take the "Life in the UK" test and study the manual!|date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> [[List of Internet entrepreneurs|Internet entrepreneur]], [[webmaster]], and former [[Trader (finance)|financial trader]].
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'''Jimmy Donal Wales''' (born August 7, 1966), also known on Wikipedia by the nickname '''Jimbo Wales''', is an American and British<ref name=":0">{{cite tweet|user=jimmy_wales|author=Jimmy Wales|number=1173693309115686913|title=I just became a UK citizen, quite happy about that. It occurs to me that perhaps a few MPs should actually take the "Life in the UK" test and study the manual!|date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> [[List of Internet entrepreneurs|Internet entrepreneur]], [[webmaster]], and former [[Trader (finance)|financial trader]]. He is a [[Founders of Wikipedia|co-founder]] of the online non-profit encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]] and the for-profit [[wiki hosting service]] [[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] (formerly Wikia). He has worked on other online projects, including [[Bomis]], [[Nupedia]], [[WikiTribune]], and [[WT Social]].
 
Wales was born in [[Huntsville, Alabama]], United States, where he attended [[Randolph School]], a [[university-preparatory school]]. He earned [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's]] and [[Master's degree|master's]] degrees in [[finance]] from [[Auburn University]] and the [[University of Alabama]] respectively. In graduate school, Wales taught at two universities; he departed before completing a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] to take a job in finance and later worked as the [[Chief research officer|research director]] of [[Chicago Options Associates]].
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Wales is of Jewish descent<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jimmy Wales|url=https://www.foundationforjewishheritage.com/friends/jimmy-wales|access-date=2023-12-13|website=Fdn Jewish Heritage|language=en|archive-date=December 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213180234/https://www.foundationforjewishheritage.com/friends/jimmy-wales|url-status=live}}</ref> but an [[Atheism|atheist]]. In an interview with [[Big Think]], he said his philosophy is firmly rooted in [[reason]], and that he is a complete non-believer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jimmy Wales|url=http://bigthink.com/videos/what-do-you-believe-25|newspaper=Big Think|publisher=[[Big Think]] Media|access-date=December 26, 2017|date=August 10, 2007|quote=I'm a complete non-believer.|archive-date=November 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111213839/http://bigthink.com/videos/what-do-you-believe-25|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Wales has lived in London, England since 2012.<ref name="hough">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedia-chief-to-advise-Whitehall-on-policy.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9137339/Jimmy-Wales-Wikipedia-chief-to-advise-Whitehall-on-policy.html|archive-date=January 11, 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|title=Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy|last=Hough|first=Stephen|date=March 11, 2012|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=December 26, 2017|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He became a [[British citizen]] in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{cite tweet|user=jimmy_wales|author=Jimmy Wales|number=1173693309115686913|title=I just became a UK citizen, quite happy about that. It occurs to me that perhaps a few MPs should actually take the "Life in the UK" test and study the manual!|date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> In 2021, on [[Tim Ferriss|''The Tim Ferriss Show'']] podcast, he revealed that he secretly moved to [[Argentina]] for one month after reading Ferriss's book ''[[The 4-Hour Workweek]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Stephen|date=September 6, 2021|title=Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he secretly lived in Argentina for a month after reading 'The 4-Hour Workweek' by Tim Ferriss|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-wales-secretly-lived-argentina-tim-ferriss-4-hour-workweek-2021-9|access-date=September 16, 2021|website=[[Business Insider]]|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916202318/https://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-wales-secretly-lived-argentina-tim-ferriss-4-hour-workweek-2021-9|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Wales says that he is a passionate chef.<ref name=":1" />
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