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David Filo

David Filo is an American businessman and internet pioneer best known as a co-founder of Yahoo!, one of the early and influential web companies. He created Yahoo! in 1994 with Jerry Yang while they were students at Stanford University, initially as a directory of websites. Under his leadership, Yahoo! grew into a major internet portal offering search, email, news, and entertainment services. Filo's work helped shape the development of the early internet, and he is recognized for his contributions to technology and digital media.