David Filo

David Robert Filo (born April 20, 1966) is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Yahoo! Inc., one of the pioneering web services and search engines of the early internet era. Filo’s work alongside Jerry Yang was instrumental in shaping Yahoo into a globally recognized internet company during the 1990s and 2000s.

 Early Life and Education 
David Filo was born in Wisconsin and raised in Moss Bluff, Louisiana. He attended Tulane University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering. Afterward, Filo went on to pursue a Master’s degree in electrical engineering at Stanford University. It was at Stanford where he met Jerry Yang, with whom he would later establish Yahoo.

 Related pages 

 Yahoo!
 Jerry Yang
 Stanford University
 Verizon Communications

 References 

 Other websites 
 Yahoo! official website
 Stanford School of Engineering

Category:Businesspeople from Wisconsin
Category:1966 births
Category:Living people