Steve Lund

Steven J. Lund (born October 30, 1953)[1] is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and current executive chairman of Nu Skin Enterprises. Lund served previously as the CEO of Nu Skin.[2] Lund also founded Eli Publishing in 1997.[3]

Lund considers Mitt Romney a close friend, and donated $3 million to Restore Our Future, a super PAC that supported Romney in 2012.[2] Lund is a fiscal and social conservative who has also given money to the Republican National Committee and Republican Congressman (and former Nu Skin Employee) Jason Chaffetz.[3]

Lund is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Among other assignments, Lund has served as a bishop, high councilor, member of a stake presidency, and from 2003 to 2006 as president of the church's Atlanta Georgia Mission.[4] From 2009 to 2014, he served as an area seventy in the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy. Lund collects religious paintings, and owns an original copy of the Book of Mormon.[3]

Lund lives in Provo, Utah with his wife, Kalleen.[3] He and his wife have four children. Lund received a BA and a J.D. from Brigham Young University.[5]

References

  1. ↑
  2. 1 2 Elkind, Peter (26 October 2012). "Nu Skin and the short-sellers". CNN Money. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Farnam, T.W. (12 September 2011). "Donation helps Romney get some skin in the presidential game". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ↑ New Mission Presidents, Church News Archives, March 29, 2003.
  5. ↑ "Steven Lund". Forbes. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.