David Filo

David Filo (#930)

Global Rank #930

Country Rank #348

Country United States

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.

$ 5 B
Yahoo
United States
M
60 Years

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Quick Facts

Global Rank #930

Country Rank #348

Net Worth $4.6B

Previous Worth $4.6B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country United States

Industry Yahoo

Age 60 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship United States

World Billionaires List United States Billionaires Yahoo

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 60

Source Of Wealth Yahoo, Self Made

Self Made Score 8

Philanthropy Score 3

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship United States

Marital Status Married

Children 1

Education Master of Science, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Tulane University

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $4.6B

Current Net Worth $4.6B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

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.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#934

Billionaires (2026)

#334

Forbes 400 (2025)

#53

Richest In Tech (2017)

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Did You Know?

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.

Originally called "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web," Yahoo was named after a word from Gulliver's Travels that meant "rude, unsophisticated."

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Current Net Worth: $4.6B (May 4, 2026)