Jimmy Wales

Director/Board Member at

Nesta

60 year

3 connections

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Jimmy Donal Wales was the founder of Nupedia (1999), Wikipedia, Inc. (2001), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (2003) where the title held was Trustee, and Fandom, Inc. (2004) where the title held was Chairman.
Mr. Wales currently works at Nesta as a Trustee.
Former jobs include Director at Socialtext, Inc., Non-Executive Director at Guardian Media Group Plc from 2016 to 2017, Non-Executive Director at The People's Operator Plc from 2017 to 2018, and Director at The People's Operator Holdings Ltd. from 2014 to 2018.
Education includes undergraduate studies at Auburn University and graduate studies at The University of Alabama.

Jimmy Wales active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Nesta Nesta Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides charitable services	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Jimmy Wales

Companies	Position	End
THE PEOPLE'S OPERATOR PLC	Chairman	18/07/2017
The People's Operator Holdings Ltd. The People's Operator Holdings Ltd. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Operates as a mobile stores	Director/Board Member	24/06/2018
Guardian Media Group Plc Guardian Media Group Plc Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services Provides media publishing services	Director/Board Member	24/04/2017
Nupedia	Founder	-
Wikipedia, Inc. Wikipedia, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides on-line free content communities	Founder	-

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Private companies	11
Socialtext, Inc. Socialtext, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides enterprise social software solutions	Technology Services
Fandom, Inc. Fandom, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as an entertainment platform	Technology Services
Guardian Media Group Plc Guardian Media Group Plc Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services Provides media publishing services	Consumer Services
Auburn University Auburn University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
The University of Alabama The University of Alabama Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Hosts free knowledge sharing websites	Technology Services
Wikipedia, Inc. Wikipedia, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides on-line free content communities	Technology Services
Nupedia
The People's Operator Plc The People's Operator Plc Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Operates as a mobile network provider	Communications
Nesta Nesta Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides charitable services	Commercial Services
The People's Operator Holdings Ltd. The People's Operator Holdings Ltd. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Operates as a mobile stores	Retail Trade