Doug Pitt

Pitt was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Jane Etta (née Hillhouse), a school counselor, and William Alvin Pitt, who worked in the trucking and real estate industries.

Pitt graduated from Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri, and earned a degree from Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) in 1990.{{cite web|url=https://www.biz417.com/awards/biz-100/2024-biz-100/|title=Meet Biz 417's 2024 Biz 100|date=November 2024|website=The Magazine for Business in the Ozarks|author-first1=Jordan|author-last1=Blomquist|author-first2=Jo|author-last2=JoLliff|author-first3=Peyson|author-last3=Mecke|author-first4=Katie|author-last4=Pollock Estes|author-first5=Taryn|author-last5=Shorr-McKee|access-date=31 March 2025}} He was inducted into the Springfield Public Schools (SPS) Hall of Fame in 2011{{cite web|url=https://www.sps.org/Page/2605|title=Alumni {{!}} Class of 2011|website=Springfield Public Schools (Missouri)|access-date=2 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/sps-makes-hall-of-fame-inductions,20768|title=SPS makes Hall of Fame inductions|date=22 September 2011|website=Springfield Business Journal|access-date=2 April 2025}} and into the university's alumni Hall of Fame in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/HallOfFame/Pitt.htm|title=Doug Pitt - Missouri Public Affairs Hall of Fame - Public Affairs - Missouri State|website=Missouri State University|access-date=31 March 2025}}

In 1991, Pitt founded ServiceWorld Computer Center. In November 2007, he sold a 75% interest in the company to Miami Nations Enterprises, but continued to be an owner and principal operational partner.{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/serviceworld-owner-sells-off-majority-share,30271|title=ServiceWorld owner sells off majority share|date=6 January 2008|website=Springfield Business Journal|author-first=Matt|author-last=Wagner|access-date=31 March 2025}} The company was named the SBJ Philanthropic Business of the Year in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/philanthropic-business-of-the-year-winner-serviceworld-computer-center-llc,23586|title=Philanthropic Business of the Year Winner: ServiceWorld Computer Center LLC|date=27 July 2010|website=Springfield Business Journal|author-first=Jan|author-last=Peterson|access-date=31 March 2025}}

In 2012, Pitt co-founded TSI Integrated Services, in partnership with TSI Global, a St. Louis-based company.{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/serviceworld-changes-name-after-tsi-merger,16561|title=ServiceWorld changes name after TSI merger|date=16 September 2013|website=Springfield Business Journal|author-first=Brian|author-last=Brown|access-date=31 March 2025}} In 2017, he repurchased his computer company, which was reorganized as Pitt Technology Group.{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/breaking-news-pitt-buys-back-springfield-operations-from-tsi,56006|title=Pitt buys back Springfield operations from TSI|date=18 October 2017|website=Springfield Business Journal|author-first=Geoff|author-last=Pickle|access-date=31 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/pitt-technology-group-expands-ownership,96909|title=Pitt Technology Group expands ownership|date=27 September 2024|author-first=Geoff|author-last=Pickle|access-date=31 March 2025}} In 2018, Pitt Technology Group acquired ConceptiCode, a software development company, and in 2019, it acquired AVMAN, an audiovisual consulting company.{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/pitt-technology-group-pens-2-local-acquisitions,61034|title=Pitt Technology Group pens 2 local acquisitions|date=24 October 2018|website=Springfield Business Journal|access-date=31 March 2025}}

In 2013, Pitt opened an Innovation and Business Incubation Center in Ozark, Missouri, in partnership with the Ozark Chamber of Commerce.{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/ozark-chamber-to-launch-business-incubator,16874|title=Ozark chamber to launch business incubator|date=24 July 2013|website=Springfield Business Journal|author-first=Eric|author-last=Olson|access-date=31 March 2025}} He joined the Board of Directors of Great Southern Bank in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/doug-pitt-joins-great-southern-bank-board,10932|title=Doug Pitt joins Great Southern Bank board|date=22 January 2015|website=Springfield Business Journal|access-date=31 March 2025}} He is also involved in real estate investment through Pitt Development Group.{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/businessman-pitt-quietly-developing-mercy-clinics,61279|title=Businessman Pitt quietly developing Mercy clinics|date=12 November 2018|website=Springfield Business Journal|author-first=Mike|author-last=Cullinan|access-date=31 March 2025}}

Pitt became a spokesperson for Virgin Mobile Australia, where he portrayed a comedic version of his brother, Brad Pitt, as "The Second Most Famous Pitt."{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-brad-pitts-younger-brother-doug-virgin-mobile-australias-newest-spokesman-2012-7|title=Meet Brad Pitt's Younger Brother Doug, Virgin Mobile Australia's Newest Spokesman|date=2 July 2012|website=Business Insider|author-first=Laura|author-last=Stampler|access-date=31 March 2025}} In 2019, he starred in an ad for Mother's Brewing Company titled 6ix, a reference to the film Seven, with proceeds from the campaign benefiting the charity Care to Learn.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiyL-AAUnvA|title=6ix|date=3 May 2019|website=Mother's Brewing Company|access-date=3 April 2025|via=YouTube}}

Pitt has served on several boards since 1995, including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Make A Wish, Easter Seals, and the Red Cross. He has also chaired the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce{{cite web|url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/life/2014/11/05/doug-pitt-easy-know-guy-will-step/18542171/|title=Doug Pitt: Not easy to know but 'the guy who will step in'|website=Springfield News-Leader|author-first=Steve|author-last=Pokin|access-date=31 March 2025}} and been involved in various community task forces, including co-chairing the Springfield Homeless Task Force in 2010{{cite web|url=https://www.semissourian.com/news/more-than-450-young-people-homeless-in-springfield-1615307|title=More than 450 young people between the ages of 11 and 22 are homeless in Springfield|date=3 March 2010|website=Southeast Missourian|access-date=31 March 2025}} and the Early Childhood Committee for the Every Child Promise in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/2014/01/21/the-work-begins-for-the-every-child-promise/4690371/|title=The work begins for the Every Child Promise|website=Springfield News-Leader|author-first=Claudette|author-last=Riley|access-date=31 March 2025}}

Pitt has been an Executive Consultant for Enactus since 2011{{cite web|url=https://www.biz417.com/issues/november-december-2018/biz-100-business-leaders-mo/|title=Biz 100: The Top Business Leaders in Southwest Missouri|date=November 2018|website=The Magazine for Business in the Ozarks|author-first1=Adrienne|author-last1=Donica|author-first2=Evan|author-last2=Greenberg|author-first3=Rose|author-last3=Marthis|author-first4=Claire|author-last4=Porter|author-first5=Lillian|author-last5=Stone|access-date=31 March 2025}} and was named to the advisory council of The ONE Organization of Missouri in 2013.

In 2007, Pitt became aware of the challenges facing children in Southwest Missouri, particularly those living in poverty. One story that motivated him was about a fifth-grade student who was bullied for wearing his mother's jeans to school.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-sentinel-record/20100829/281715504853960?srsltid=AfmBOoow_th26C5314rpZoXRc7sWtut9stWIHxsQHOQSt--rPLC0-xwr|title=Group takes on challenges of poverty in schools|date=29 August 2010|website=The Sentinel-Record|access-date=31 March 2025|via=PressReader}} In response, he founded Care to Learn in April 2008, a charitable organization focused on addressing children's immediate health, hunger, and hygiene needs to support their academic success. By 2023, the organization had helped over 3 million people through donations of money and goods.{{cite web|url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2019/04/29/care-to-learn-nonprofit-organization-doug-pitt-springfield-missouri/3403758002/|title=Care to Learn celebrates 10 years, names new executive director|website=Springfield News-Leader|author-first=Jackie|author-last=Rehwald|access-date=31 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://sgfcitizen.org/schools/k12-education/care-to-learn-celebrates-a-3-million-milestone-of-meeting-needs/|title=Care to Learn celebrates a 3 million milestone of meeting needs|date=21 September 2023|website=Springfield Daily Citizen|author-first=Joe|author-last=Hadsall|access-date=31 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/care-to-learn-hits-milestone-of-3m-needs-met,93277|title=Care to Learn hits milestone of 3M needs met|date=27 December 2023|website=Springfield Business Journal|author-first=Maura|author-last=Curran|access-date=31 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/care-to-learn-restructures-board,2524|title=Care to Learn restructures board|date=5 January 2017|website=Springfield Business Journal|author-first=Emily|author-last=Letterman|access-date=31 March 2025}}

In July 2010, Pitt was appointed as the first-ever Goodwill Ambassador for the United Republic of Tanzania by President Jakaya Kikwete in a ceremony held in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/missouri/eureka-wildwood/springfields-doug-pitt-a-goodwill-ambassador-to-the-p258ff5f63f|title=Springfield's Doug Pitt: A Goodwill Ambassador to the People of Tanzania|date=14 October 2012|website=Patch Media|author-first=James|author-last=Baer|access-date=31 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/doug-pitt-and-worldserve-bring-sustainable-water-wells-to-tanzania-01555437674|title=Doug Pitt and WorldServe Bring Sustainable Water Wells to Tanzania|date=16 April 2019|website=Barron's|author-first=V.L.|author-last=Hendrickson|access-date=31 March 2025}}

Pitt is a member of the Missouri Advisory Committee of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition.{{cite web|url=https://www.usglc.org/downloads/advisory-committees/MO-Advisory-Committee.pdf|title=Missouri Advisory Committee|website=U.S. Global Leadership Coalition|access-date=4 April 2025}} In 2023, he participated in a panel discussion at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference titled Climate Change: A Matter of National Security, where he discussed the effects of drought in East Africa and the work of WorldServe International in the clean water space.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Pitt is married to Lisa and they have three children: Landon, Sydney, and Reagan.{{cite web|url=https://www.biz417.com/advice/leadership/doug-pitt-talks-care-to-learn/|title=Doug Pitt and What We Can Do When We Cate to Learn|date=January 2023|website=The Magazine for Business in the Ozarks|author-first=Lucie|author-last=Amberg|access-date=31 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hola.com/us/celebrities/20230824349566/7-facts-brad-pitt-younger-brother-doug-pitt/|title=Meet Brad Pitt’s Succesful [sic] Younger Brother Doug Pitt|date=6 September 2024|website=¡Hola!|author-first=Jovita|author-last=Trujillo|access-date=31 March 2025}}

In 2011, he became the first American to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and descend by mountain bike.{{cite web|url=https://www.stlmag.com/news/how-doug-pitt-stepped-out-of-his-brothers-shadow/|title=How Doug Pitt Stepped Out of His Brother's Shadow|date=19 December 2014|website=St. Louis Magazine|author-first=Jeannette|author-last=Cooperman|access-date=31 March 2025}}

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