David Filo:
(born April 20, 1966) is an
American businessman and the co-founder
of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang . His Filo Server
Program, written in the 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! web site.
Personal life and
education
Filo was born in Wisconsin. At age six, he
moved to Moss Bluff, Louisiana, a suburb of
Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated from
Sam Houston High School and then earned a
B.S. in computer engineering at Tulane
University (through the Dean's Honor
Scholarship ) and an M.S. at Stanford
University .
As of December 2014, Filo is estimated to be
worth $3.8 billion, ranking him as the 580th
richest person in the world. In 2005 he
gave $30 million to his alma mater , Tulane
University , for use in its School of
Engineering .
Filo is married to photographer and teacher
Angela Buenning.
Filo and his wife launched Yellow Chair
Foundation in 2000, helped in the launch of
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate
Fellowship in 2008 and have endowed
professorships in engineering and education.
In 2013, they helped create the K12 Start
Fund, which invests in education technology
companies.
(born April 20, 1966) is an
American businessman and the co-founder
of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang . His Filo Server
Program, written in the 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! web site.
Personal life and
education
Filo was born in Wisconsin. At age six, he
moved to Moss Bluff, Louisiana, a suburb of
Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated from
Sam Houston High School and then earned a
B.S. in computer engineering at Tulane
University (through the Dean's Honor
Scholarship ) and an M.S. at Stanford
University .
As of December 2014, Filo is estimated to be
worth $3.8 billion, ranking him as the 580th
richest person in the world. In 2005 he
gave $30 million to his alma mater , Tulane
University , for use in its School of
Engineering .
Filo is married to photographer and teacher
Angela Buenning.
Filo and his wife launched Yellow Chair
Foundation in 2000, helped in the launch of
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate
Fellowship in 2008 and have endowed
professorships in engineering and education.
In 2013, they helped create the K12 Start
Fund, which invests in education technology
companies.
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