# Wikimedia Foundation founder

entity: /record/wikimedia-foundation.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/wikimedia-foundation/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Wikimedia Foundation's founder on the AsOf record is Jimmy Wales, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (icannwiki.org and telegraph.co.uk). The record holds 1 claim on Wikimedia Foundation's founder, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Wikimedia Foundation](/record/wikimedia-foundation.md) | founder | Jimmy Wales | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_88EED69606F0](/claim/clm_88EED69606F0.md)
  sources: https://icannwiki.org/Wikimedia_Foundation, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Wikimedia Foundation](/record/wikimedia-foundation.md) | founder | Jimmy Wales | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_88EED69606F0](/claim/clm_88EED69606F0.md)
  sources: https://icannwiki.org/Wikimedia_Foundation, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/3399843/Wikipedia-founder-Jimmy-Wales-goes-bananas.html

## Questions this record answers

### What is Wikimedia Foundation's current founder?

Jimmy Wales, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (icannwiki.org and telegraph.co.uk). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


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- MCP: timeline(entity: "wikimedia-foundation", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/wikimedia-foundation/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/wikimedia-foundation.md · timeline: /timelines/wikimedia-foundation.md

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