Born in 1966 in Wisconsin, David Filo grew up in Louisiana in an "alternative community" (a commune-like atmosphere) with six other families. He received his B.A. from Tulane University in New Orleans before relocating to California to attend Stanford University. At Stanford, Filo met Jerry Yang and the pair went on to create Yahoo. In time the pair's "road map" to the Internet, called Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web, was renamed Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web. Yang has received more notoriety for Yahoo because he has served as its spokesperson while Filo has preferred to stay behind the scenes.