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Wikia

Wiki hosting company, later renamed Fandom, founded by Wikipedia's co-founders.

Private Founded 2004 San Francisco USA Software & IT
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Founders

3
A
Angela Beesley
Co-founder
 A
Angela Beesley Starling
Co-founder
 J
Jimmy Wales
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

2

The companies and labs that produced Wikia’s founders.

Wikipedia Bomis

The Wikia diaspora

18 companies

People who worked at or founded Wikia and went on to start their own companies.

Lineage of WikiaWikiaWikiaJimmy WalesJimmy WalesBomisBomisWikipediaWikipediaWiktionaryWiktionaryEnglish Wikipedia Arbitration CommitteeEnglish Wikipedia Arb…Angela Beesley StarlingAngela Beesley Starli…Community CentralCommunity CentralArtur BergmanArtur BergmanFastlyFastly
The Wikia lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring.
A 1 founded
Community Central 2004
A 1 founded
Fastly 2011
J 16 founded
Bomis 1996 Wikipedia 2001 Wiktionary 2002 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee 2003 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2003 Wikibooks 2003 Wikiquote 2003 Fandom, Inc. 2004 Wikimedia Commons 2004 Community Central 2004 Wikinews 2004 Wikispecies 2004 Wikia Search 2008 Jimmy Wales Foundation 2015 WikiTribune 2017 Trustcafé 2023

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