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Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (; born August 7, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit Wikia web hosting company.〔〔 Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, where he attended Randolph School, a university-preparatory school.〔Walden, Lea Ann, et al. (Spring 2013). "(Where Are They Now? )". (Randolph Magazine ) 18 (1). pp. 20–7. Retrieved August 26, 2014.〕 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 male-oriented web portal featuring entertainment and adult content. The company would provide the initial funding for the peer-reviewed free encyclopedia Nupedia (2000–03) and its successor, Wikipedia. On January 15, 2001, with Larry Sanger and others, Wales launched Wikipedia—a free, open content encyclopedia that enjoyed rapid growth and popularity; as Wikipedia's public profile grew, he became the project's promoter and spokesman. He is historically cited as a co-founder of Wikipedia, though he has disputed the "co-" designation, declaring himself the sole founder.〔〔 Wales serves on the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit charitable organization he helped establish to operate Wikipedia, holding its board-appointed "community founder" seat. In 2004, he co-founded Wikia, a for-profit wiki hosting service. His role in creating Wikipedia, which has become the world's largest encyclopedia, prompted ''Time'' magazine to name him in its 2006 list of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World". ==Early life and education== Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, shortly before midnight on August 7, 1966. However his official birth certificate lists his date of birth as the 8th.〔〔 His father, Jimmy,〔 worked as a grocery store manager, while his mother, Doris Ann (née Dudley), and his grandmother, Erma, ran the House of Learning,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jimmy Wales )〕 a small private school in the tradition of the one-room schoolhouse, where Wales and his three siblings received their early education.〔〔 As a child, Wales was a keen reader with an acute intellectual curiosity.〔 During an interview in 2005 with Brian Lamb, Wales described his childhood private school as a "Montessori influenced philosophy of education", where he "spent lots of hours poring over the ''Britannicas'' and ''World Book Encyclopedias''".〔 There were only four other children in Wales's grade, so the school grouped together the first through fourth-grade students and the fifth through eighth-grade students. As an adult, Wales was sharply critical of the government's treatment of the school, citing the "constant interference and bureaucracy and very sort of snobby inspectors from the state" as a formative influence on his political philosophy.〔 After eighth grade, Wales attended Randolph School,〔〔Moore, Rebecca (January 7, 2013). “(Jimmy Wales ’83: ‘Information evangelist’ )”, Randolph School. Retrieved August 12, 2014.〕〔"(Profile )". BBC Radio 4. March 18, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2014.〕 a university-preparatory school in Huntsville, graduating at sixteen.〔 Wales said that the school was expensive for his family, but that "education was always a passion in my household ... you know, the very traditional approach to knowledge and learning and establishing that as a base for a good life."〔 He received his bachelor's degree in finance from Auburn University in 1986. Wales then entered the PhD finance program at the University of Alabama before leaving with a master's degree to enter the PhD finance program at Indiana University.〔〔〔 He taught at both universities during his postgraduate studies but did not write the doctoral dissertation required for a PhD, something he ascribed to boredom.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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