David Filo
Chief Yahoo, Yahoo!
$4.56B
as of 12/05/25
About David Filo
David Filo cofounded Yahoo, which sold its core business to Verizon for $5 billion in cash in 2016.
The most valuable part of Yahoo - its stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan - morphed into a company called Altaba. Altaba voted to liquidate in 2019.
Filo and his wife Angela established the Yellow Chair Foundation in 2000; it supports education, civil liberties, gender equality and the environment.
In 2004, Filo donated $30 million to his alma mater, Tulane University, for engineering and computer science scholarships.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
YahooResidence
Palo Alto, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
04/15/66 (age 59)Number of children
1Education
Master of Science, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Tulane UniversitySelf-made
self-madeDavid Filo’s fortune is worth
76K
troy ounces of gold
70K
median U.S. household
46K
median U.S. income
0.091%
U.S. credit card volume
0.018%
GDP of the United States
0.013%
United States debt
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Filo's wife Angela, a photographer and educator, sits on Stanford's Board of Trustees. David got a master's degree from Stanford in 1990.
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