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PetJungle Pet Gets Key to Executive Hydrant

By KAREN KAPLAN
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PetJungle.com, an Idealab e-commerce start-up, is so devoted to its core market that it recently named Norris McGovern as its co-president and chief executive. McGovern, a springer spaniel-black lab mix, is sharing the executive suite with his master, Tom McGovern, former senior vice president of Time Warner’s Warner Bros. Studio Stores. That retail background will help Pasadena-based PetJungle.com grab a piece of the $23-billion-a-year pet industry when the site launches this summer, said Idealab founder Bill Gross.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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