Editing David Filo

{{Short description|American businessman (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = David Filo
| image              = David Filo.jpg
| caption            = Filo in 2007
| birth_name         = David Robert Filo<ref>{{citation|url=http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002307&mediaType=application%2Fpdf|title=Centennial Year Commencement Exercises|publisher=Stanford University|page=69|date=June 16, 1991|access-date=June 26, 2018|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222100930/http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002307&mediaType=application%2Fpdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1966|4|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Wisconsin]], U.S.
| education          = [[Tulane University]] ([[B. S.|BS]])<br/>[[Stanford University]] ([[M. S.|MS]])
| occupation         = Co-founder and Chief Yahoo, [[Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)|Yahoo! Inc.]]
| spouse             = Angela Buenning
| children           = 1
}}

'''David Robert Filo''' (born April 20, 1966) is an American billionaire businessman and the co-founder of [[Yahoo!]] with classmate [[Jerry Yang]]. His Filo Server Program, written in the [[C (programming language)|C]] programming language, was the server-side software used to dynamically serve variable web pages, called Filo Server Pages, on visits to early versions of the Yahoo! website.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gobry |first=Pascal-Emmanuel |title=10 Behind-The-Scenes Crankers Who Built The World's Greatest Startups |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/startups-crankers-builders-2011-4 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=David Filo |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-filo/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Filo was born in [[Wisconsin]] and was raised in [[Moss Bluff, Louisiana]].{{cn|date=June 2024}} He earned a B.S. degree in [[computer engineering]] at [[Tulane University]] (through the Dean's Honor Scholarship) and an M.S. degree in [[Electrical Engineering|electrical engineering]] in 1990 at [[Stanford University]].<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: David Filo |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-filo/ |website=Forbes |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
In February 1994, he co-created with [[Jerry Yang (entrepreneur)|Jerry Yang]] an [[Internet]] website called "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web", consisting of a directory of other websites. It was renamed "Yahoo!" (an exclamation). Yahoo! became very popular, and Filo and Yang realized the business potential and co-founded [[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Inc.]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070918225007/http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/history.cfm Yahoo! Inc. – Company History]. yhoo.client.shareholder.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90418939/deleting-yahoo-groups-will-leave-a-permanent-stain-on-yahoos-legacy|title=Deleting Yahoo Groups will leave a permanent stain on Yahoo's legacy|last=McCracken|first=Harry|date=2019-10-17|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>

Yahoo! started off as a [[web portal]] with a web directory providing an extensive range of products and services for various online activities. Yahoo was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. It is still one of the leading internet brands and, due to partnerships with telecommunications firms, is one of the most visited [[website]]s on the internet.<ref>{{cite web|title=These are the world's most popular websites|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/04/most-popular-websites-google-youtube-baidu/|author=Alex Gray|website=World Economic Forum|date=April 10, 2017|access-date=July 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/09/most-popular-sites-2012-alexa_n_1761365.html "Most Popular Sites 2012: Alexa Ranks The 500 Most-Visited Websites,"] Huffington Post, August 9, 2012</ref>

==Personal life==
Filo is married to photographer and teacher Angela Buenning, a graduate of [[Stanford University|Stanford]] (1993) and [[UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism|Berkeley]] (1999).<ref>[http://valleywag.com/tech/yahoo-party/another-billionaire-drops-220835.php Another billionaire drops] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205010811/http://valleywag.com/tech/yahoo-party/another-billionaire-drops-220835.php |date=December 5, 2008 }}</ref> They have one child, and live in Palo Alto, California.<ref name="Forbes profile"/>

In 2005, he gave $30 million to his alma mater, [[Tulane University]], for use in its [[Tulane University School of Science and Engineering|School of Engineering]].<ref name="Forbes profile"/>

The Filos have been major benefactors of both Stanford, especially its schools of sustainability and education, and Berkeley, primarily its graduate school of journalism.<ref>{{cite web|author=Amy Adams and Anneke Cole|url=https://news.stanford.edu/2022/05/04/stanford-doerr-school-sustainability-universitys-first-new-school-70-years-will-accelerate-solutions-global-climate-crisis/|title=Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, university's first new school in 70 years, will accelerate solutions to global climate crisis|website=Stanford University|date=May 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://journalism.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-announces-advisory-board/|title=UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Announces New Advisory Board|website=Berkeley Journalism|date=March 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/guide-to-individual-donors/tag/Angela+Filo|title=David and Angela Filo|date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114200117/https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/guide-to-individual-donors/tag/Angela+Filo |archive-date=2022-11-14 }}</ref>

As of September 2019, ''[[Forbes]]'' estimated Filo to be worth $4.3 billion, ranking him the 379th-richest person in the world.<ref name="Forbes profile"/>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/04.11.96/yahoo-9615.html MetroActive: A Couple of Yahoos]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080215024422/http://uk.intruders.tv/Michael-Moritz-interviews-Marc-Andreesen-Netscape%2C-Opsware%2C-Ning-%2C-David-Filo-Yahoo-and-Chad-Hurley-YouTube-_a214.html   Michael Moritz interviews David Filo et al. at TechCrunch40 conference] video

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