An accomplished athlete and entrepreneur by his mid 20’s, Doug Reinhardt showed a passion to excel at an early age. He began playing organized baseball at the age of four; by the time he reached high school Doug’s passion, matched with his ability and hard work began to get the attention of both colleges and professional scouts. Ultimately, he turned down a baseball scholarship with USC to sign with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as their 8th pick of the 2004 MLB June Draft.
During his three years of professional baseball, Doug had the misfortune of suffering multiple knee injuries, often requiring surgery. Instead of feeling down about his luck, Doug decided to use his injuries as an opportunity to re-focus on his academic career by enrolling in Pepperdine University. At the same time, he continued to pursue his professional baseball career as well, signing with the Baltimore Orioles for the 2007 Season.
While playing professional baseball Doug co-founded two mobile technology companies in 2005, Fugen Mobile, LLC and Fun Facter, LLC. Fugen Mobile is a mobile technology provider with a focus on text messaging, mobile websites, applications and mobile video. Fun Facter is a consumer based mobile entertainment company which licenses, creates and distributes premium mobile content services nationwide. Doug currently serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of both companies and is committed to the advancement and longevity of both companies and continues to focus on the overall vision of the companies success.
It was while recovering from yet another surgery in 2008 that Doug was featured as a new cast member in the popular MTV reality series, “The Hills”. In spite of never having acted before Doug, jumped at the opportunity and quickly became a fan favorite.
While enjoying his time on television, Doug was unprepared for the amount of time the series would take out of his already busy schedule. Between an active shoot schedule and constant travel to build his two new businesses, Doug was left searching for a new way of keeping in shape that would fit his increasingly busy lifestyle which lead him to create the Reinhardt Kettlebell System (more info at www.rksworkout.com)
Doug has used RKS as his exclusive workout; training for activities such as climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 2010 as well as the “Fight for Humanity” charity boxing event at Cipriani Downtown in NYC of which he won.
Doug is also busy working with Entrepreneurial Properties Corporation where he is involved in multi-family real estate investments. Doug conducts extensive research and analysis of various metropolitan areas in the Midwest and Southwest to determine their investment potential.
Doug does extensive traveling for his multiple businesses. Doug’s offices range nationwide- located anywhere from Beverly Hills, CA, to New York and London, UK.
Doug currently resides in Hollywood, CA and Laguna Beach, CA.