Who are Wikiquote's co-founders?

Wikiquote was co-founded by Daniel Alston and Jimmy Wales.

Company

Wikiquote

Q: What happened to Wikiquote's founders?

2 people who founded or worked at Wikiquote went on to start 18 other companies, including Daniel Alston (Wiktionary and Wikinews) and Jimmy Wales (Bomis, Wikipedia and 14 more).

Wikiquote was founded in 2003 by Daniel Alston and Jimmy Wales.

Wikiquote is part of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation using MediaWiki software.

Private Founded 2003

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Wikiquote founders & co-founders

Where its founders came from

The companies and labs that produced Wikiquote’s founders.

Bomis Wikipedia

What happened to Wikiquote’s founders and alumni

18 companies

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

Daniel Alston

2 founded

Wiktionary 2002 Wikinews 2004

Jimmy Wales

16 founded

Bomis 1996 Wikipedia 2001 Wiktionary 2002 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee 2003 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2003 Wikibooks 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