Photo illustration: Nicolas Ortega; Photography: David Walter Banks

How Mormons Built the Next Silicon Valley While No One Was Looking

Welcome to the world of billion-dollar startups, ex-missionary CEOs, and a big diversity problem

Adam Bluestein
Jan 15 · 23 min read

EEric Rea is wearing a dark-blue shirt buttoned to the neck, stretchy olive pants, black sneakers, and an Apple watch. With a mountain bike propped against his desk and crystal-blue eyes, the…

Adam Bluestein

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I write about business & innovation, science & sustainability, food & entertainment for a variety of national magazines. I live in Burlington, VT.

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