Want to Make Money? It Helps to Be Mormon

In laying groundwork for a successful business career, it helps to become a religious leader at age 12.

That's when Mormon boys receive the first mantle of authority as deacons in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), which has no professional clergy but vests ordinary people with religious duties, at young ages. Boys conduct meetings, raise money, and give talks for adult crowds while they're still settling into middle school.