David Filo (age 49, born on April 20, 1966) is an American businessman and co-founder of Yahoo!. Recently the Forbes has ranked him 138th richest person in the world with a net worth of $3.8 billion dollars. He holds an American nationality just after his parents. He has completed his education in computer science. At present time, his net worth explains his height of success, which he has built through his own effort till the date. Recently in an interview he had mentioned about his entire success story, which has motivated most, the audiences including his fans and followers. On addition, at present state of time he has been married to his wife Angela Buenning. Many fans in twitter and other networking sites have followed him.
49 years old David Filo was born on April 20, 1966 in Wisconsin, United States. When he was 6 years old, his parents moved to Moss Bluff, Louisiana, and a suburb of Lake Charles, Louisiana. For his educational background, he has 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.
His Yahoo! Journey has said to be have started in the year of 1994, when he came up with an idea of co-creating a website called Yahoo! Along with his friend Jerry Yang. Initially the website was renowned as “Yahoo!” which became very popular and then later he and yang realized the business potential and soon came up with an idea of co-founding Yahoo! Inc.
Yahoo! Started off as a web portal with a web directory providing an extensive range of products and services for various online activities. It is now one of the leading Internet brands and, due to partnerships with telecommunications firms, has one of the most trafficked networks on the internet. His success story went on climbing the new height on every succeeding day and finally by the December 2014, Filo estimated to be worth of $3.8 billion dollars. The estimation leaded him to be ranked as the 580th richest person in the world. As a philanthropist, in 2005 he gave $30 million dollars to his alma mater, Tulane University, for use in its School of Engineering.
Talking about his personal life, 49 years old David Filo has been married to his wife Angela Buenning. Till the date his children details have not been flashed in media. It could be either he has no any children in his family or is expecting in coming future. Taking his married life in account, he has been considered to be one of the happiest married couples around; he has not yet been encircled by any kind of rumors related to his married life. hence their separation in coming years can also not be judged without any particular evidence.
Being a co-founder of the Yahoo! He has been considered to be one of the most required and creative software entrepreneurs of the present time. He founded the yahoo, which is basically related about mails and messages, which is one of the most highly shared file around the world. With the help of Yahoo, people are able to share their private files with far distant family and relatives. He has created something very useful for people of all around the world. Hence his net worth is also at the high level, which has ranked him in 580thposition in richest possession.
On addition to his work, he has also created a 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. Taking his success story and creative mental ability, it can be easily assumed that in coming years his net worth has to raise at next level.