Jimmy Wales is from America.
Bomis ( [ ˈbɒmᵻs ] to rhyme with `` promise '' ) was a dot-com company best known for supporting the creations of free-content online-encyclopedia projects Nupedia and Wikipedia . Jimmy Donal `` Jimbo '' Wales ( [ 'd ʒɪmi_ˈdoʊnəl_ˈweɪlz ] born August 7 , 1966 in Huntsville , Alabama ) is an American Internet entrepreneur . Wales was born in Huntsville , Alabama , where he attended Randolph School , a university-preparatory school .