M. Russell Ballard in VentureLand

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Earlier than turning into a full-time church worker, Russell Ballard was a serial, wannabe entrepreneur. He engaged in a single failed enterprise enterprise after one other, virtually all get-rich-quick schemes and a few involving suspected inventory fraud. This report will shed new gentle on his highest profile enterprise failure, The Valley Music Corridor, that was co-developed by tv persona Artwork Linkletter within the Nineteen Sixties.

Simply previous to this report being revealed Ballard handed away and his funeral was held November 17. Eulogies included the identical false claims about his enterprise acumen that he had been making for many years. After inheriting his father’s new automotive dealership within the Nineteen Fifties he shortly took it to the brink of chapter. Nonetheless, reporting on Ballard’s demise The LDS Church-owned Deseret Information mentioned Ballard Motors was “one of the vital profitable automotive dealerships within the state.”

To not be outdone, The Salt Lake Tribune, which additionally did no fact-checking, reported it was “the nation’s most profitable dealership.” Simply previous to his demise Russell Ballard was being dragged into the controversy swirling round Tim Ballard (no relation) who stands accused of monetary fraud and sexual assault in connection together with his multi-million-dollar little one intercourse slave rescue nonprofit.

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