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'''Doug Dohring''' founded [[Neopets|Neopets Inc.]] after buying [http://www.neopets.com neopets.com] from [[Adam Powell|Adam]] and [[Donna Powell]] in February 2000. Dohring was Chairman and CEO of the company through June 2005, when he sold Neopets to Viacom (owners of [[Nickelodeon]] and [[MTV]] as well as many other channels) for USD$160 million.{{cite|numbera=1|numberb=1|numberc=1}}He continued to serve as CEO of Neopets until September 2006 when he, at the request of Viacom management, completed a successful transition to a new MTV Networks management team. Neopets and Dohring were the subject of a case study by the Harvard Business Review.{{cite|numbera=2|numberb=2|numberc=2}}
'''Doug Dohring''' is owner of the ''Dohring Company'', a marketing research firm based in Glendale, California. Some of the websites owned by the Dohring Company include OpinionSurveys.com, RestaurantSurveys.com, and SatisfactionSurveys.com. Previously, he has been the owner of Digital Lightwave for a very short period. In addition, he is the CEO of [[Neopets]], buying the site from Adam Powell and Donna Williams.


Dohring fully left Neopets to found the education technology company [http://www.ageoflearning.com Age of Learning] in February 2007.{{cite|numbera=3|numberb=3|numberc=3}}As Neopets was, the company is based in Glendale, California. [http://www.ageoflearning.com/press-release/doug-dohring-announces-abcmouse-launch.html Dohring and Age of Learning launched] the [https://www.abcmouse.com ABCmouse Early Learning Academy] in 2010.{{cite|numbera=4|numberb=4|numberc=4}} Still owned by Doug Dohring, Age of Learning raised $150 million in 2016, giving the company a $1 billion valuation.{{cite|numbera=5|numberb=5|numberc=5}}
Doug Dohring has attended the Hubbard College of Administration which has made a significant impact on his business. Dohring is quoted by the Hubbard College of Administration as saying that"... Mr. Hubbard's organizational concepts are always with me".


The company's [http://www.ageoflearning.com/education-access-initiatives education access initiatives] offer ABCmouse at no cost to individual teachers, libraries, Head Start programs, public housing authorities, and other community institutions. [http://www.abcmouseforschools.com ABCmouse for Schools]  launched in 2016 to offer schools and school districts a comprehensive early learning solution.
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Doug Dohring's first successful company was the marketing research firm called [http://www.dohring.com The Dohring Company]. Based in Glendale, California, The Dohring Company became a top-100 US market research firm and the nation’s largest provider of custom market research to the retail automotive industry. [[Rik Kinney]] and [[Lee Borth]], who have worked with Doug Dohring at both Age of Learning and Neopets, began working with him at the Dohring Company. Some of the websites owned by The Dohring Company include OpinionSurveys.com, RestaurantSurveys.com, and SatisfactionSurveys.com. In 2004, OpinionSurveys.com was acquired by Greenfield Online, a NASDAQ-listed public company and one of the largest market research firms in the country at the time (later acquired by Microsoft). Doug Dohring was the owner of Digital Lightwave for a very short period.
*[http://www.dohring.com The Dohring Company]


Doug Dohring has been married to his wife, Laurie Dohring, since 1979.
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{{ref|numbera=2|numberb=2|numberc=2|source=Harvard Business Review|date=March 12, 2002|link=https://hbr.org/product/neopets-inc/an/802100-PDF-ENG|title=NeoPets, Inc.}}<br>
{{ref|numbera=3|numberb=3|numberc=3|source=The Wall Street Journal|date=November 15, 2010|link=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/11/15/from-neopets-to-teachers-pets|title=From Neopets to Teachers’ Pets}}<br>
{{ref|numbera=4|numberb=4|numberc=4|source=Age of Learning|date=November 16, 2010|link=http://www.ageoflearning.com/press-release/doug-dohring-announces-abcmouse-launch.html|title=Three Years in Development, Full Online Curriculum, Preschool Through Kindergarten Educational Website is Bringing Learning to Life®}}<br>
{{ref|numbera=5|numberb=5|numberc=5|source=EdSurge|date=May 3, 2016|link=https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-05-03-from-mouse-to-unicorn-age-of-learning-raises-150m-at-1b-valuation-to-expand-to-schools|title=From Mouse to Unicorn: Age of Learning Raises $150M at $1B Valuation, Eyes Expansion Into Schools}}<br>
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