Designer and web designer Doug McLaughlin has an estimated net worth of $15 million in 2012.

Along with his wife Lydia, Doug McLaughlin is a part owner of Skylab Media Group and Skylab Modern Art gallery which are currently based in Laguna Beach. Skylab Media is an agency that specializes in online marketing, video production, web design and other online services. On the other hand, Skylab Modern Art features the works of local artists in Laguna Beach. Twenty percent of the gallery's proceeds is donated to the owner's favorite charitable institutions.

Today, Doug McLaughlin is married to the newest addition to the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Lydia Stirling McLaughlin. Of Canadian and Italian ancestry, Lydia is the granddaughter of Geoff Stirling, a media mogul. Geoff Stirling is the founder of Stirling Communications International which operates and owns the largest media properties in Canada which include CHOZ-FM radio, Newfoundland Television (NTV) and Newfoundland Herald. Together, Lydia and Doug have two children named Maverick and Sterling.