Steven J. Lund (born October 30, 1953) is an American executive,

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, and has been the 23rd Young Men General President of

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(LDS Church) since April 2020. He worked as an attorney before co-founding and later becoming CEO of Utah-based Nu Skin Enterprises, a multilevel marketing company that develops and sells

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and

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s. Lund served as a full-time LDS Church

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in the Netherlands Amsterdam Mission. He attended

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, where he obtained both a degree in communications and a

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degree from the

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. He served in the U.S. Army and was assigned to Frankfurt, Germany where he met his future wife. In 2012, Lund was a major donor to presidential candidate

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and was connected to Eli Publishing Inc., a political action committee.

LDS Church service

Lund has served in the LDS Church as

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of the Georgia Atlanta Mission, area seventy, and member of the Young Men general board. In the LDS Church's October 2020 general conference, Lund gave an address centered on the faith of his 12-year-old son dying of cancer. In December 2020, Lund helped announce the creation of the new youth-based magazine, '' For the Strength of Youth'' and remarked, "We really need to place virtuous things front and center in our lives".

Personal life

Lund married Kalleen Kirk in 1980 and they have four children. He is a former regent of the

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.Stack, Peggy Fletcher
"Former Utah Valley University president joins LDS Church’s general authority ranks"
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'', 4 April 2020. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.

References

External links

Steven J. Lund Official profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Steven J. American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Presidents of the Young Men (organization) Living people 1953 births Latter Day Saints from Utah Brigham Young University alumni J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni