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=== Jimmy Wales === |
=== Jimmy Wales === |
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[[Image:Jimbo_Wales_in_France.jpg|thumb|200px|Jimmy Wales in Paris.]] |
[[Image:Jimbo_Wales_in_France.jpg|thumb|200px|Jimmy Wales in Paris.]] |
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[[w:en:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]] is an [[:en:Internet| |
[[w:en:Jimmy Wales|Jimmy Wales]] is an [[:en:Internet|Internet]] [[:en:entrepreneur|entrepreneur]] and [[:en:wiki|wiki]] enthusiast, and founder of the Wikipedia project. |
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Jimmy was born in [[:en:Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]], [[:en:Alabama|Alabama]] in 1966, and is a graduate of [[:en:Auburn University|Auburn University]] and the [[:en:University of Alabama|University of Alabama]]. He worked as Research Director at Chicago Options Associates, a futures and options trading firm then located in [[:en:Chicago|Chicago]]. In the mid-[[:en:1990s|1990s]] he started [[:en:Bomis|Bomis]], a search portal focusing on aspects of [[:en:pop culture|pop culture]], one of the first users of the freely licensed data of the [[:en:Open Directory Project|Open Directory Project]]. |
Jimmy was born in [[:en:Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]], [[:en:Alabama|Alabama]] in 1966, and is a graduate of [[:en:Auburn University|Auburn University]] and the [[:en:University of Alabama|University of Alabama]]. He worked as Research Director at Chicago Options Associates, a futures and options trading firm then located in [[:en:Chicago|Chicago]]. In the mid-[[:en:1990s|1990s]] he started [[:en:Bomis|Bomis]], a search portal focusing on aspects of [[:en:pop culture|pop culture]], one of the first users of the freely licensed data of the [[:en:Open Directory Project|Open Directory Project]]. |
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=== Tim Shell === |
=== Tim Shell === |
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[[Image:TimShell2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Tim Shell in La Jolla California, 2003.]] |
[[Image:TimShell2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Tim Shell in La Jolla California, 2003.]] |
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[[w:en:Tim Shell|Tim Shell]] is an |
[[w:en:Tim Shell|Tim Shell]] is an Internet entrepreneur with an interest in self-organization, and decentralized order, as exemplified by Wikipedia. In 1996 he was pursuing his degree in computer science when he decided to chuck it and go into business, joining up with Jimmy Wales to start Bomis. |
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Tim has lived in Chicago, Florida, and San Diego, and currently resides in Las Vegas. |
Tim has lived in Chicago, Florida, and San Diego, and currently resides in Las Vegas. |
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