[Wikipedia-l] Wikia's new CEO

Tue Jun 6 12:11:06 UTC 2006

FYI,

Wikia taps eBay exec as CEO
San Francisco Business Times - 2:41 PM PDT Monday

Wikia Inc., a for-profit company founded 18 months ago by Wikipedia
founder Jimmy Wales, hired Gil Penchina as its CEO on Monday.

Penchina was vice president and general manager at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY).

Wales and Angela Beesley started Menlo Park-based Wikia to allow for
subscription and advertising supported "wikis" or user-created
communities similar to Wikipedia, which is based in St. Petersburg,
Fla.

Popular communities created on the site include several devoted to
analyzing and discussing television shows, particularly those with
Byzantine plots like ABC's "Lost."

Wikia has about eight employees and raised $4 million from Bessemer
Venture Partners in March. Jeremy Levine of Bessemer sits on the
company's board.

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