Doug Carlston

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Doug Carlston was CEO, chairman, and co-founder (with brother Gary) of Brøderbund Software, a software publishing firm that produced such hit titles as Myst and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. Brøderbund was acquired by The Learning Company for $420 million, and the combined company was sold to Mattel for $3.6 billion.

Carlston received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1970 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1975. Prior to founding Brøderbund in 1980, he was an attorney.

As of April 2006, he serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Public Radio International (PRI), and serves on the Boards of the MoveOn Political Action Committee, the Albanian American Enterprise Fund, the American Bank of Albania, and the Long Now Foundation. He also serves on the Committee on University Resources of Harvard University, and the Board of Advisors of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

External links

• [Biography at the Global Business Network]

 

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