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| Popular As | David Filo |
| Occupation | Technology |
| Age | 58 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | April 20, 1966 (Palo Alto, California, United States) |
| Birthday | April 20 |
| Town/City | Palo Alto, California, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
David Filo’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
David Filo was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
It's going to be interesting to see how society adapts to a lot of these changes that AI is bringing to us...I think with that kind of change comes a great opportunity, but kind of both on the positive and potentially negative side.
In February 1994, he co-created with 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! Inc.
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 Imagine K12, which invests in education Technology companies.
In 2005 he gave $30 million to his alma mater, Tulane University, for use in its School of Engineering.
In December 2014, Forbes estimated Filo to be worth $3.8 billion, ranking him the 580th-richest person in the world. As of 2017, he is ranked 564th.
