Jimmy Wales was born in Mexico.
Alabama ( [ æləˈbæmə ] ) is a state in the southeastern region of the United States . Jimmy Wales . Wales was born in Huntsville , Alabama , where he attended Randolph School , a university-preparatory school . Mexico ( México , [ ˈme.xi.ko ] , modern Nahuatl ) , officially the United Mexican States ( [ Estados Unidos Mexicanos , links = no ] , ) , is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America . The United States of America ( USA ) , commonly known as the United States ( U.S. ) or America , is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions . Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico .