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• washere3 11mo ago
  The repeated posting is strange given that the date of the video is so new. They must be reposting it? Also, I just learned Jimbo Wales only has net worth of 1M, which for someone his age is barely considered enough to retire comfortably, even if he worked until he was 65: https://qz.com/98600/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-is-only-worth-1-million https://qz.com/98600/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-is-only-w...
  • atombender 11mo ago
    That article doesn't give any credible sources, so it's just guessing, as is every other Internet article concerning his net worth. It's literally just referencing a New York Magazine article which says "Wales’s total net worth, by most estimates, is just above $1 million" with the only offered being a literal Google search (!). The only public information we have, I believe, is his divorce proceedings in 2011, which put his net worth at around $1m. There's no reason to think his net worth hasn't grown considerably since then, given his position, paid speaking engagements, etc.