Founder of Wikipedia and free knowledge advocate
Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia, one of the most important knowledge-sharing platforms in history. A champion of free and open access to information, he has dedicated his career to democratizing knowledge through technology and collaborative editing.
A quote from Jimmy Wales about their education:
"I really like Montessori and all my children have (or will, in the case of the baby) gone to Montessori preschools."
Jimmy Wales attended a Montessori preschool and has spoken positively about the method's influence. He credited Montessori's child-led learning philosophy as a foundation for his intellectual curiosity and love of self-directed study. As a child, he spent hours poring over encyclopedias—a habit he links to his later creation of Wikipedia.