Inside the Mormon Church’s $265 Billion Empire

How the LDS Church built a secretive empire of tithes, real estate, and Wall Street investments.

The Mormon Church is a financial juggernaut, as well as a religion. While most people think of churches as places to pray or light a candle, this one’s more like a bank wearing a halo. With an estimated $265 billion in assets as of 2023, the Mormon Church has out-hoarded even the Vatican. And guess what? They only have 16 million members. That’s not even half the population of California.

So how the hell did this small, strange American religion turn into one of the richest religious empires on Earth? Grab your magic rock and let's dig in.