Personal Life and Education
Filo was born in Wisconsin. At age 6, he moved to Moss Bluff, Louisiana, a suburb of Lake Charles, Louisiana. He graduated from Sam Houston High School and then earned a BS in Computer Engineering from Tulane University (through the Dean's Honor Scholarship) and an MS from Stanford University.
In 2011, Filo was estimated to be worth $1.4 billion, ranking him the 879th richest person in the world. As a philanthropist, in 2005 he donated $30 million to his alma mater, Tulane University, for use in its School of Engineering.
Filo is married to photographer and teacher Angela Buenning.
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