Jimmy Donal `` Jimbo '' Wales ( \ / ˈdʒɪmi ˈdoʊnəl ˈweɪlz \ / ; born August 7 , 1966 ) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit Wikia web-hosting company .
Jimmy Donal `` Jimbo '' Wales ( \ / ˈdoʊnəl ˈweɪlz \ / ; born August 7 , 1966 ) is an American Internet entrepreneur , best known as a co-founder of Wikipedia and Wikia .