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 Wong to create the web series District Voices. In 2014, Wong was ranked #73 on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels. In August 2018, it was announced that Jimmy Wong had been cast as Ling in Disney's "live action remake" of "the 1998 Mulan animated movie", set to be released in 2020. Wong is an avid player of "", specifically the Commander format. He hosts a podcast with co-host Josh Lee Kwai called "The Command Zone", where he and Josh discuss their experiences playing the Commander format. Wong is referred to by his co-host as "Jimmy the Red" due to the