Which founders came from Wikipedia?

Ex-Wikipedia founders: 3 people who left Wikipedia to start companies

3 people who founded or worked at Wikipedia went on to found 20 companies, including Angela Beesley, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.

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Founders who came from Wikipedia

Angela Beesley

American entertainment media conglomerate

Went on to found

Wikia 2004

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

Went on to found

Bomis 1996 Wiktionary 2002 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee 2003 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2003 Wikibooks 2003 Wikiquote 2003 Wikia 2004 Fandom, Inc. 2004 Wikimedia Commons 2004 Community Central 2004 Wikinews 2004 Wikispecies 2004 Wikia Search 2008 Jimmy Wales Foundation 2015 WikiTribune 2017 Trustcafé 2023

Larry Sanger

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1968)

Went on to found

Wiktionary 2002 Citizendium 2006 Knowledge Standards Foundation

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