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David Filo is an American billionaire businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo!, one of the most influential web directories of the 1990s. Born on April 20, 1966

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David Filo is an American billionaire businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo!, one of the most influential web directories of the 1990s. Born on April 20, 1966, Filo developed the Filo Server Program, a server-side software written in C, which enabled the dynamic serving of web pages on early versions of the Yahoo! website. Alongside his classmate Jerry Yang, Filo revolutionized the way people accessed and shared information online. With a net worth of over $4.5 billion, Filo's contributions to the development of the web have had a lasting impact on the technology industry. As of 2022, Yahoo! has over 1 billion monthly active users, and its influence can be seen in many modern web directories and search engines. Filo's work on dynamic web pages paved the way for the development of more complex web technologies, including [[javascript|JavaScript]] and [[ajax|AJAX]]. Today, Filo's legacy continues to inspire new generations of web developers and entrepreneurs, including those at [[google|Google]] and [[facebook|Facebook]].