David Filo

Active Investor

Founder at Yahoo

Lake Charles, Louisiana

David Filo, Founder at Yahoo is an active investor based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. This profile covers what David Filo backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. David Filo is a Co-Founder & serves as Board Member at Skyline Foundation. Mr. Filo co-founded and served as the Chief of Yahoo at Yahoo. He co-founded the Yahoo Internet navigational guide in April 1994 with Jerry Yang and co-founded Yahoo in April 1995. He serves as a key technologist, directing the technical operations behind the company's global network of Web properties. He is credited with helping build Yahoo into the world's most highly trafficked Web site and one of the Internet's most recognized brands. He is an Angel Investor. He holds a B.S. degree in computer engineering from Tulane University and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He is currently on a leave of absence from Stanford's electrical engineering Ph.D. program.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Pre SeedSeed
Invests in: Consumer & RetailMarketing & AdTech
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Typical check: $150K

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