Larry Sanger
Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger; Sanger coined its name as a blending of "wiki" and "encyclopedia". Initially available only in English, versions in other languages were quickly developed. Combined, Wikipedia's editions comprise more than articles, that attract an average of around 2billion unique device visits and receive more than 17 million edits per month, or develop at a rate of 1.9 edits per second.