Gerrit W. Gong is one of the most popular and richest Priest who was born on December 23, 1953 in Redwood City, California, United States.
Gerrit Walter Gong (born December 23, 1953) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has been a general authority since 2010 and served as a member of the church’s Presidency of the Seventy from October 2015 until his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve in March 2018. He is the LDS Church’s first apostle of Asian descent. Prior to becoming a general authority, he served as Assistant to the President of Brigham Young University (BYU) for Planning and Assessment. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Gong is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the fourteenth most senior apostle in the church.
Gong graduated from Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California, in 1971. He served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Taiwan. He received a bachelor’s degree from BYU and then was a Rhodes Scholar, receiving both a master’s degree and D.Phil. from Oxford University.
