I just came across a bizarre statement "there is a reason why LDS leadership is exclusively full of successful businessmen, rather than what they would describe as good Mormons."
This is just plain false. To claim anyone kepts to be a general authority or even area seventy without demonstrating deep faith and devotion to the Lord is just plain false.
Beyond that, to claim that all general authorities are successful businessmen is also false. Of the first presidency, "successful businessman" is a stretch for all of them. True, President Monson was a printing and ad exec, so maybe. President Eyring was a professor of business, and never actually worked in the field. While President Uchtdorf was an airline executive he is best understood as a pilot.
President Nelson was a surgeon, not a businessman. Elder Oaks was a law professor and judge, not a businessman. Elder Holland was an institute teacher. Elder Ballard was a car dealer among other things, but he didn't head his father's advice against selling the Edsel, so he was not super successful, although maybe in the long run. Elder Hales was a businessman, but a few examples do not prove a claim.
If you go to the seventy we find more of the same. Elder Echo Hawk was a state attorney general and law professor and then head of the BIA, not a businessman. Elder Dube was the head of the Church Educational System in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi, not a businessman. The newly called Elder Godoy was head of the Church Educational System in Peru, and before that was a dentist. Elder Gong worked for the US government until he became an administrator at BYU.
Elder De Hoyos was a CES administrator. There are some who were businessmen, like Elder Montoya. However part of the time he was running a taco stand.
The claims of everyone being a "successful businessman" just do not hold up under scrutiny.
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