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Jimmy Wales' Net Worth (2024), Wiki And More Facts


Occupation: Internet entrepreneur
Find out how much money Jimmy Wales makes and how much money he has!
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Jimmy Wales Net Worth

Jimmy Wales's net worth:

12,000,000 USD

Earnings: How does Jimmy Wales make his money and how much he makes?

Almost everyone uses Wikipedia, but not many people know a lot about its co-founder, Jimmy Wales.

Before starting Wikipedia with Larry Sanger and becoming an Internet entrepreneur, Wales was working as a financial trader.

Although Wikipedia is now one of the most popular destinations on the web, with over 5 billion visits per month, its founders are not billionaires as Wikipedia is a non-profit organization.

So what are Jimmy Wales' sources of income?

Wales gets paid about $70,000 for giving a speech in a corporation or at a University.

He also received a few million dollars in different cash prizes. For example, he received $1 million Israeli prize for scientific, technological and cultural accomplishments.

Wales also helps some brands to promote their products which is another source of income for him. Recently he collaborated with the famous brand of Swiss watches, Maurice Lacroix, to promote their new watch.

Jimmy Wales also invested in Quora, which is an online platform for asking questions and connecting with people, that has over 600 million visits per month. Quora earns lots of money from ads that they display among their content.

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Content overview

You can find much more stuff about Jimmy Wales on this page!

  1. Earnings: How does Jimmy Wales make his money and how much he makes?
  2. Jimmy Wales's net worth over the years
  3. Age: How old is Jimmy Wales? Where was he born?
  4. Jimmy Wales's height and weight
  5. What is his real/full name?
  6. Is Jimmy Wales married? Does he have a girlfriend?
  7. Family: Does Jimmy Wales have any brothers, sisters or kids?
  8. Jimmy Wales's house photos
  9. Which car Jimmy Wales owns?
  10. Jimmy Wales's Merch
  11. Jimmy Wales on the importance of sleep
  12. Tattoos
  13. Jimmy Wales's quotes
  14. Education: Did Jimmy Wales go to college?
  15. Trivia: Did you know these facts about Jimmy Wales?

Jimmy Wales's net worth over the years


YearNet worth
2022$12 million
2021$10 million
2020$8.4 million
2019$7 million (verified)

Age: How old is Jimmy Wales? Where was he born?


Hometown: The founder of Wikipedia was born in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, on Aug 07, 1966.
Age: Jimmy Wales is 55 years old now. Nationality: American Ethnicity: White Sign of the Zodiac: Leo

Jimmy Wales's height and weight


Let's find out how tall Jimmy Wales is and how much he weighs.
  • Height in cm and feet: 168 cm / 5 ft 6 in
  • Weight in kg and lbs: 70 kg / 154 lbs

What is his real/full name?


Jimmy Wales's real/full name is Jimmy Donal Wales.

Is Jimmy Wales married? Does he have a girlfriend or wife?


Jimmy Wales has been married three times.

First marriage: Pamela Green (1986-1993)

Second marriage: Christine Rohan (1997-2008)

Third marriage: Kate Garvey (2012 - Present)

He met his current wife, Kate, in Davos, Switzerland. It is also interesting that she previously worked as Tony Blair's diary secretary.

Family: Does Jimmy Wales have any brothers, sisters or kids?


Parents: Jimmy Wales' father's name is also Jimmy Wales and his mother's name is Doris Ann.

Jimmy's mother ran a small school when Jimmy was a kid, so that was a huge inspiration for him to create the world's biggest encyclopedia.

Kids: Jimmy has three daughters. One with his second wife, Christine Rohan, and two with his current wife Kate Garvey.

Jimmy Wales's house photos


Although he was born in the United States, Jimmy Wales now lives in London.

Photos of his house are not available to the public.

Which cars Jimmy Wales owns?


Jimmy Wales doesn't have a car in London, but he has a Hyundai in Florida.

Jimmy Wales's Merch



Jimmy doesn't sell his personal merch, but you can get Wikipedia merch here.

Jimmy Wales on the importance of sleep


Have you ever wondered how many hours do successful people sleep per day?

Jimmy Wales is one of those famous people who know how important it is to sleep well in order to be able to achieve your goals.

Here is what he said about the importance of sleep:

I sleep 8 hours just about every night. When I can, I sleep more. I believe in sleep. I think a big mistake that young people make when they are eager to be successful is sleep deprivation. Makes you stupid

So if you really want to be successful, you shouldn't sacrifice sleep. You should sleep well and you will be more productive and more happy.

We know it is not easy to establish healthy sleeping habits, so we can recommend you to use sleep calculator in order to track and optimize your progress.

Tattoos


Jimmy Wales has no tattoos.

Jimmy Wales's quotes


We handpicked Jimmy Wales' best inspirational quotes for you:
Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.
The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks.
I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.
When someone just writes 'f**k, f**k, f**k', we just fix it, laugh and move on. But the difficult social issues are the borderline cases — people who do some good work, but who are also a pain in the neck.
If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it is send it to Wikileaks.
Wikipedia is a non-profit. It was either the dumbest thing I ever did or the smartest thing I ever did.
All of us in Silicon Valley—business people, investors, reporters, but especially impatient young entrepreneurs—fetishize start-ups today. We obsess about technology and products. We tell the Steve Jobs story, the Mark Zuckerberg story, the Bill Gates story, over and over again. We forget about Tim Cook and Sheryl Sandberg and Paul Allen. We look at success and see only the short half of the picture.
I think people don’t mind commerce, they don’t mind capitalism, they just want a fair playing field and if you are successful, then good for you.
There’s plenty of rude stuff online. People say things online that they would be ashamed to say face to face. If people could treat others as though they were speaking face to face, that would be huge.
How can we in the tech community make sure that unusual success at a very early age is not mistakenly thought to be the norm?
You play for high stakes when you decide to start your own business. Whenever you can, you should cheat to turn the game your way: Grow up more slowly. Stay in school, show up at class, take the full book of final exams. Hang out late at night in the lab with the rest of the crew. Then, go get a job for a regular company. Watch and learn.
When I opened Wikipedia, it had three articles, yet it was called an encyclopedia.
In general, the best advice I can give people is to take criticism seriously, apologize for anything you have done wrong, and pull back from conflict. Of course, if you are right on a content matter, you should press forward in the interest of quality, but conflict often has a way of taking on a life of its own, unfortunately.
Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it's not too bad.

Education: Did Jimmy Wales go to college?


High School

  • Randolph High School (1983) in Huntsville, Alabama, United States

College

  • University of Alabama (1991) - M.S. Finance
  • Auburn University (1989) - B.S. Finance

Trivia: Did you know these facts about Jimmy Wales?


  • Jobs before the fame: Before starting Wikipedia Jimmy Wales worked at a grocery store, where he met his first wife, and he also worked as a financial trader.
  • Famous for: Creating Wikipedia
  • Years active: Since 2001
  • Nicknames: Jimmy Wales is also known by his online moniker "Jimbo".
  • Religious views / Religion: Jimmy Wales is an atheist.
  • Eye color: Blue
  • Hair color: Dark brown
  • Sexual orientation: Straight
  • Plastic surgeries: Jimmy Wales hasn't undergone any plastic surgeries.
  • Phone number: Lots of people search for Jimmy Wales' phone number on Google each month, but he never posted it on the Internet. If you find his phone number somewhere on the web, that will probably be a fake number.
  • E-mail address: You can contact Jimmy Wales at [email protected]
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  • YouTube views: Jimmy Wales still doesn't have any videos on his YouTube channel.
  • Pets: Jimmy Wales has never posted online any photos of his pets.
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