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<div>[[Image:Jimmy_wales_1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Co-Founder of Wikipedia, Jimbo Wales]]<br />
'''Jimmy Wales''' is the co-founder of [[Wikipedia]], self-described [[libertarian]] and strong advocate of [[free-market]] [[capitalism]]. Jimmy Wales is an [[Objectivism|objectivist]] who follows the philosophy of [[Friedrich Hayek]] and [[Ayn Rand]]. <ref>[http://qanda.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1042 Interview with Jimmy Wales conducted by Brian Lamb], C-SPAN Transcript, September 25, 2005.</ref> Wales told an interviewer in ''Reason'' magazine, "One can't understand my ideas about Wikipedia without understanding [[Hayek]]." <ref>[http://reason.com/news/show/119689.html Wikipedia and Beyond],<br />
Jimmy Wales' sprawling vision, Katherine Mangu-Ward, ''Reasononline.com'', June 2007.</ref> His favorite book is ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' by Rand. <br />
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Jimmy Wales became a millionaire by trading stock; before funding Wikipedia, he funded Bomis Inc. in 1996, an online pornography portal.<ref>http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/12/69880</ref> Besides funding the non-profit Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales also funded the for-profit [[Wikia]], a company that provides wiki services for businesses and organizations.<br />
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Wales was caught editing his own profile on Wikipedia in a bit of a scandal in an effort to downplay [[Larry Sanger]]'s role in the company and distance himself from his Bomis past.<br />
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He is the mortal enemy of a person called Sherrod DeGrippo. Oh wait, that's [[worthless fag|MONGO]].<br />
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==External Links==<br />
[http://blog.jimmywales.com/ Jimmy Wales' Blog] (this blog was last updated Feb. 16, 2007)<br />
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