David Filo
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| David Filo | |
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 Yahoo! co-founder David Filo |
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| Born | April 20, 1966 [1] Wisconsin, US |
| Alma mater | Tulane University Stanford University |
| Occupation | Co-founder and Chief Yahoo, Yahoo! Inc. |
| Salary | unknown |
| Net worth | $2.9 Billion USD (2006) |
| Website Official website |
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David Filo (born 20 April 1966) is an American businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang.
Until the company decided to switch to PHP, his Filo Server Program, written in the C programming language, was the server-side scripting software used to dynamically serve variable web pages, called Filo Server Pages, on visits to the Yahoo! web site.
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[edit] Personal life and Education
Filo was born in Wisconsin. At age 6, he moved to Moss Bluff, Louisiana, a suburb of Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated from Sam Houston High School and then earned a BS in Computer Engineering from Tulane University (through the Dean's Honor Scholarship) and an MS from Stanford University.
In 2006, Filo was estimated to be worth $2.9 billion, ranking him the 240th richest person in the world. As a philanthropist, in 2005 he donated $30 million to his alma mater--, Tulane University, for use in its School of Engineering.
Filo is married to photographer and teacher Angela Buenning . [2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- David Filo. Yahoo! management team.
[edit] External links
- MetroActive: A Couple of Yahoos
- Michael Moritz interviews David Filo et al. at TechCrunch40 conference video
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