Jimmy Donal Wales (/ˈdʒɪmi ˈdoʊnəl weɪlz/); (An haife shi ranar bakwai (7) ga watan Augustan shekara ta alif 1966) a garin Huntsville da ke jihar Alabama a Ƙasar Amurka, yana zaune a Landon da ke Ƙasar Ingila. ɗan kasuwar ƙasar Tarayyar Amurka ne.[1][2] Jimmy Wales da Larry Sanger ne suka ƙirƙiri babbar manhajar Wikipidiya a shekara ta 2001. Ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Auburn da Jami'ar Jihar Alabama, Tuscaloosa inda ya samu shaidar digiri na biyu a Jami'ar jihar Indiana, shahararren ɗan kasuwar yanar gizo ne, kuma yana da adadin kuɗi sama da dala miliyan daya ($1,000,000) a shekara ta dubu biyu da sha hudu (2014).
An haifi Wales a Huntsville, Alabama, da tsakar dare a ranar 7 ga watan Augustan, shekara ta alif 1966, amma shaidar haihuwarsa tana nuna ranar takwas (8) ga watan Augutane.
Shi ne shugaban Wikia, Inc. tun daga shekara ta 2004 har zuwa yau, Mazaunin Shugaban Wikimedia Foundation daga shekara ta dubu biyu da uku 2003–2006,
Chair emeritus of Wikimedia Foundation daga shekara ta 2006 har zuwa yanzu, shi ya amshi Florence Devouard a matsayin shugaban Wikimedia Foundation,
Babban Dan kungiyar wikimedia Foundation Creative Commons ne, kuma yana daga cikin masu bada shawara a Sunlight Foundation da MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, a Guardian Media Group ya daina bada shawara a watan Afrilun shekaran 2017.
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