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    Jimmy Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Wikipedia, the online nonprofit encyclopedia, and Wikia, a for-profit web hosting company. He was born in Huntsville, Alabama and attended Randolph School before earning bachelor's and master's degrees in finance from Auburn University and the University of Alabama. Wales worked in finance and as the research director of a Chicago futures firm before founding Bomis, a web portal company, in 1996 that provided initial funding for Nupedia, Wikipedia's predecessor.

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    Jimmy Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Wikipedia, the online nonprofit encyclopedia, and Wikia, a for-profit web hosting company. He was born in Huntsville, Alabama and attended Randolph School before earning bachelor's and master's degrees in finance from Auburn University and the University of Alabama. Wales worked in finance and as the research director of a Chicago futures firm before founding Bomis, a web portal company, in 1996 that provided initial funding for Nupedia, Wikipedia's predecessor.

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    Dʒɪmi Doʊnəl Weɪlz/ Internet Entrepreneur Encyclopedia Wikipedia Wikia Huntsville Alabama Randolph School

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    Jimmy Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Wikipedia, the online nonprofit encyclopedia, and Wikia, a for-profit web hosting company. He was born in Huntsville, Alabama and attended Randolph School before earning bachelor's and master's degrees in finance from Auburn University and the University of Alabama. Wales worked in finance and as the research director of a Chicago futures firm before founding Bomis, a web portal company, in 1996 that provided initial funding for Nupedia, Wikipedia's predecessor.

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    Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (/dmi donl welz/; born August 7, 1966)[4] is an

    American Internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and promoter of the online nonprofit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit Wikia web hosting company.[5][6]
    Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, where he attended Randolph School, a universitypreparatory school.[7]Later he earned bachelor's and master's degrees
    in finance from Auburn University and the University of Alabama, respectively.
    While in graduate school, he taught at two universities, but left before completing a PhD to
    take a job in finance and later worked as the research director of a
    Chicago futures and options firm. In 1996, he and two partners founded Bomis, a maleoriented web portal featuring entertainment and adult content. The company would provide
    the initial funding for the peer-reviewed free encyclopedia Nupedia (200003) and its
    successor, Wikipedia.

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