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Kazemian attended [[Westlake High School (California)|Westlake High School]], where he participated in [[athlete|athletics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete.aspx?AID=2625241|title=Sam Kazemian|publisher=Athletic.net|year=2018}}</ref> He was a member of the [[UCLA Bruins|UCLA Powerlifting]] team from 2012 until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclaclubsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1023|title=Sam Kazemian - 2013-14 Powerlifting Roster - UCLA Club Sports|publisher=UCLA Club Sports|year=2018}}</ref> He graduated from [[UCLA]] in 2015.<ref name=VNG2017>{{cite news|url=https://news.zing.vn/everipedia-ban-sao-xau-xi-va-toi-loi-cua-wikipedia-post785351.html|title=Everipedia: Bản sao xấu xí và tội lỗi của Wikipedia|trans-title=Everipedia: ugly copy and sin of Wikipedia|publisher=[[VNG Corporation]]|date=10 August 2017}}</ref> |
Kazemian attended [[Westlake High School (California)|Westlake High School]], where he participated in [[athlete|athletics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete.aspx?AID=2625241|title=Sam Kazemian|publisher=Athletic.net|year=2018}}</ref> He was a member of the [[UCLA Bruins|UCLA Powerlifting]] team from 2012 until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclaclubsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1023|title=Sam Kazemian - 2013-14 Powerlifting Roster - UCLA Club Sports|publisher=UCLA Club Sports|year=2018}}</ref> He graduated from [[UCLA]] in 2015.<ref name=VNG2017>{{cite news|url=https://news.zing.vn/everipedia-ban-sao-xau-xi-va-toi-loi-cua-wikipedia-post785351.html|title=Everipedia: Bản sao xấu xí và tội lỗi của Wikipedia|trans-title=Everipedia: ugly copy and sin of Wikipedia|publisher=[[VNG Corporation]]|date=10 August 2017}}</ref> |
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Kazemian lived in a student apartment while attending UCLA and mined [[Bitcoin]] in order to pay his bills and |
Kazemian lived in a student apartment while attending UCLA and mined [[Bitcoin]] in order to pay his bills and tuition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nordic.businessinsider.com/meet-the-22-year-old-swede-who-is-creating-a-crypto-twist-of-wikipedia--/|title=Meet the 22-year-old Swede with world-conquering plans for his crypto-remake of Wikipedia|date=2018-02-26|website=nordic.businessinsider.com|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Sam Kazemian | |
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| File:Sam-kazemian-portrailt-black-white.jpg Sam Kazemian in 2018 | |
| Born | Sam Hamidi-Kazemian February 12, 1993 |
| Occupation | President of Everipedia[1] |
| Known for | Co-founding Everipedia[2] |
| Website | everipedia.org |
Sam Hamidi-Kazemian (born February 12, 1993) is an Iranian-American software programmer. He is the co-founder and president of Everipedia,[1] a for-profit, wiki-based online encyclopedia.[3] He founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.[2]
Education
Kazemian attended Westlake High School, where he participated in athletics.[4] He was a member of the UCLA Powerlifting team from 2012 until 2015.[5] He graduated from UCLA in 2015.[6]
Kazemian lived in a student apartment while attending UCLA and mined Bitcoin in order to pay his bills and tuition.[7]
Career
Starting as a small project in Kazemian's dormitory room at UCLA, Sam Kazemian founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.[2] Kazemian and Forselius constructed the first MVP for Everipedia while Kazemian was still at UCLA.[8]
In 2017, Kazemian told Boing Boing that "Wikia, like Wikipedia, uses really old software that was built in 2001. Meanwhile there are all these new, modern crowd-knowledge sites like Rap Genius, Quora and StackOverflow, but nobody ever tried to attack the original beast - a wiki of everything - with the new, modern tools. That is what Everipedia aims to do."[3] In 2017, he stated that Everipedia aims to be the largest online encyclopedia.[9]
References
- ^ a b Chavez-Dreyfuss, Gertrude (8 February 2018). "Novogratz's New Fund, Others Invest $30 Million in Online Encyclopedia". U.S. News & World Report.
- ^ a b c "Everipedia Raises $30m in Series A Funding". FinSMEs. 10 February 2018.
- ^ a b James, Andrea (12 June 2017). "Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable?". Boing Boing.
- ^ "Sam Kazemian". Athletic.net. 2018.
- ^ "Sam Kazemian - 2013-14 Powerlifting Roster - UCLA Club Sports". UCLA Club Sports. 2018.
- ^ "Everipedia: Bản sao xấu xí và tội lỗi của Wikipedia" [Everipedia: ugly copy and sin of Wikipedia]. VNG Corporation. 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Meet the 22-year-old Swede with world-conquering plans for his crypto-remake of Wikipedia". nordic.businessinsider.com. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ^ Jafery, Reza (19 February 2018). "How Everipedia is Decentralizing History with Blockchain". Hackernoon.
- ^ Moon, Jiwon (31 July 2017). "Everipedia Update | Part 1: Intro to Everipedia and New Features Since Campaign". Wefunder.