# Jimmy Wales

- **Website:** <https://jimmywales.com>
- **Primary alias:** `jimmywales.com`

## Description

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, is a renowned U.S. internet entrepreneur and wiki pioneer, recognized as one of TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People." Wikipedia, the 5th most visited website globally, is an international free content encyclopedia initiated by Mr. Wales in 2000. His vision for Wikipedia was to provide free access to the sum of all human knowledge to every person on the planet. Over the years, Wikipedia has become the largest encyclopedia worldwide, promoting a Web 2.0 trend facilitating creativity and collaboration. In addition to Wikipedia, Mr. Wales co-founded the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting free content projects. He also established Wikia, a web hosting service, and developed Search Wikia, a human-powered search engine. Mr. Wales holds various prestigious accolades and is dedicated to promoting knowledge sharing and education worldwide through his innovative endeavors.

## Industries

- 🗺 Reference Materials
- 🗺 Dictionaries and Encyclopedias _(under Reference Materials)_
- 🧪 Science and Education
- 🧪 Education _(under Science and Education)_

## Links

- [twitter](https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales)
- [facebook](https://facebook.com/jimmywalesfans)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idaj31La49/w/145/h/120/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1720356331363)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idaj31La49/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1720356331491)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Punch | #df4926 | accent |
| Cerulean | #0693e3 | dark |
| White | #ffffff | light |

## Fonts

- Lucida Grande — asset _(custom)_
- Lucida Grande — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idaj31La49/w/1500/h/500/idoGXUeTUk.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1720356331270)

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