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Douglas "Doug" Leeds (born 16 May 1968), is the current Chief Executive Officer of Ask.com, which operates the websites Ask.com and AskJeeves.com internationally. In the US, the Ask.com network of sites (which includes AskKids.com) is the 7th most visited web property. Globally Ask.com reaches over 100 million users monthly.

Career at Ask.com
Leeds was named CEO of Ask.com in 2010 following his tenure as President of the company. The previous CEO of Ask.com was Jim Safka. Under Leeds's helm, Ask.com returned to its roots as a Q&A service, redesigning the site and launching an online community to generate human-powered answers that are then combined with traditional web search to address more user questions. Leeds also focused the company on reaching mobile users, launching Ask.com mobile applications for web, iPhone and Android as well as several well-received stand-alone applications that spun out of the Ask.com flagship experience. Ask.com mobile apps have been downloaded over one million times.

With the Ask.com product re-focused on Q&A, Leeds returned the brand to the TV airways, inking partnerships with Live with Kelly and airing new TV commercials that highlighted the Q&A value proposition. The result of this product and marketing coordination has been greater than 25% user growth in the past year as well as a tripling of revenue and 700% increase in annual profits under Leeds's leadership. IAC (company) CEO Greg Blatt stated about Leeds's management that "for the first time, maybe since we bought it, I think Ask is really hitting a stride."

Leeds has been a leading advocate of "Applied Improv" as a business tool to foster creativity and innovation. Under Leeds's direction, all Ask.com employees have been trained in using improv techniques to enhance their communications, identify new opportunities and accept a more diverse set of business possibilities.

Prior to assuming the top role at Ask, Leeds served at various times as the company's chief operating officer, chief strategy officer, and SVP of Products where the products he launched won multiple webby awards and were heralded as the "Apple of search" by Chris Sherman of Search Engine Land

Career at Dictionary.com
From 2008-2009, Leeds was the President and chief executive of Dictionary.com, a top 50 website in the US. Leeds took over management of the company following IAC's acquisition of the site, which Leeds spearheaded. Under Leeds's direction, Dictionary.com entered the mobile market, launching mobile apps on all major mobile platforms, resulting in over 40 million downloads and recognition as one of the most popular iPhone apps of all time. Under Leeds, Dictionary.com revenue grew 75% and profit rose over 150%.

Leeds also oversaw the successful launch of several Dictionary.com mobile games including Miss Spell's Class and Agent X Word.

Other Business Experience
Leeds has worked in various capacities at additional companies including Yahoo (VP, Product Justice), Overture Services (Senior Director, Trust and Community), Omnisky (Director of Wireless Advertising), BootSpace (CEO), Vodafone (Director, Public Policy), Thelen (Associate Attorney, Antitrust), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Fellow), and the Arms Control Association (Researcher). He has served on the board of directors of TRUSTe, the Mobile Marketing Association, and Family House (SF).

Personal Biography
Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Leeds attended high school at Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California) before receiving his bachelor's degree, cum laude, from University of California, Berkeley in 1992. He graduated with high honors in Political Economy and served as the department's valedictorian. He earned his juris doctor, cum laude, in 1996 from the Georgetown University Law Center where he was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. In 1994, Leeds married Tracy Porter. They have three daughters. Leeds and his family currently live in Danville, California.