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David Filo

Yahoo! co-founder David Filo
Born April 20, 1966 (1966-04-20) (age 43)[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)
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David Filo (born 20 April 1966 in Wisconsin) 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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Personal life and Education

David Filo, at age 6, 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]

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