Nokia Foundation awards the founder of Wikipedia

Helsinki, Finland – The Nokia Foundation has granted its 2009 award to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the free, multilingual encyclopedia. Wales was awarded for his contributions to the evolution of the World Wide Web as a participatory and truly democratic platform. The EUR 10,000 award was presented at the Nokia Foundation scholarship awards ceremony on 4 November, 2009. “It’s a great honor to present this award on behalf of the Board of the Nokia Foundation to an individual who…