Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales is an American-British internet entrepreneur who is best known as the co-founder of Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopedia. He was born on 7 August 1966 in Huntsville, Alabama. After earning degrees in finance, he worked in the futures and options trading industry in Chicago during the 1990s. His early interest in the internet and online communities led him to launch a web portal called Bomis in 1996.