Jimmy Wales of a Chicago futures and options firm. In 1996, he and two partners founded Bomis, an adult 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
Jimmy Flynt Jimmy Flynt Jimmy Ray Flynt (; born June 20, 1948) is the co-founder of "Hustler". Flynt has been tried alongside his brother Larry Flynt in many battles involving the First Amendment − most notably in 1977 for obscenity charges in Cincinnati, Ohio. Larry was convicted; Jimmy was acquitted. The conviction was overturned. Jimmy Flynt was born on Lakeville Road, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, the youngest of three children to Larry Claxton Flynt, Sr. (August 16, 1919 – July 1, 2005), a sharecropper and a World War II veteran, and Edith Arnett (August 13, 1925 – March 29, 1982), a homemaker.