David Miscavige

David Miscavige is one of those figures I approach carefully. As the second leader of the Church of Scientology and chairman of the board of its Religious Technology Center, he sits atop the trademarks and copyrights that keep the whole structure running. Born in Philadelphia, he rose young to the inner circle and ended up controlling nearly everything. The label religious leader and businessperson side by side tells you a lot about how the organization works. I won't dismiss anyone's faith, but few public figures generate this much polarized testimony. With him, I'd rather observe from a respectful distance.

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Name (English)

David Miscavige

Name (Japanese)

デヴィッド・ミスキャヴェッジ

Reading

でゔぃっど・みすきゃゔぇっじ

Born

April 30, 1960 (age 66)

Origin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

religious leader / businessperson

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

• Official sitehttps://www.davidmiscavige.org/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Miscavige
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q586084

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• religious leader
• businessperson

Last updated

September 28, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.