Wikimedia Foundation
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| Type: | Non-Profit |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 2001 |
| Founder(s): | Jimmy Wales & Larry Sanger |
| Headquarters: | San Francisco, CA |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | wikimediafoundation.org |
| Key People | |
| Ting Chen, Chairman Jan-Bart de Vreede, Vice Chair Phoebe Ayers, Executive Secretary | |
The Wikimedia Foundation is non-profit organization which was established by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia. Based on the Bylaws of the foundation, it's main objective is to collect, develop and disseminate educational content under a free license worldwide.[1] The organization's headquarter is located in San Francisco, California and it was officially incorporated on June 30, 2003 under the laws of the state of Florida.[2]