Community Central:Wikia, Inc.

Wikia, Inc. was founded by Jimmy Wales in 2004. Originally a project to create a search engine, Wikia expanded in October 2004 when Angela Beesley and Jimmy Wales founded Wikicities, with the aim of creating freely hosted wiki communities. In February 2005, the Wikia search engine became a project of Wikicities. Further expansion in 2005 saw the acquisition of Memory Alpha, a large Star Trek wiki, in February, and Uncyclopedia, a parody site, in May. In October 2005, Kennisnet launched the first of their Wikia-hosted Dutch educational wikis, and Michael Davis was hired as Wikia's Chief Operating Officer. The company re-incorporated in Delaware in January 2006.

For current job opportunities within Wikia, please see wikia.com.

The following people are part of Wikia. See contact us for more details on contacting Wikia.

Founders of Wikicities
 * Jimmy Wales
 * President, CEO


 * Angela Beesley
 * Vice president

Board of Directors
 * to be announced

Technical
 * Jason Richey
 * Technical support and development


 * Tim Starling
 * Part time developer during January 2006


 * Kate Turner
 * System administration and application development

Community (starting February 15, 2006)
 * Lisa Carter (sannse)
 * Community Builder


 * Kat Walsh (Mindspillage)
 * Community Builder


 * Eric Johnston (Dawg / Wolf)
 * Userbox Developer

Other
 * Michael Davis
 * Chief Operating Officer


 * Terry Foote
 * Promotion and advertising


 * Brad Patrick
 * Legal counsel