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Leaders is a curated index of founders, heads, and key figures connected to the organizations Cultopedia is currently tracking.

This page is intentionally selective. It focuses on people who were central to the leadership of the organizations in Cultopedia's current MVP scope.

Leader	Organization or organizations	Years in leadership	Current situation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada	International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Allison Mack	NXIVM
Amy Carlson (religious leader)	Love Has Won
Benjamin Roden	Branch Davidians		Deceased
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh	Rajneesh movement	1970-1990	Deceased
Bonnie Nettles	Heaven's Gate (religious group)		Deceased
Brian Tamaki	Destiny Church (New Zealand)
Bruce Hales	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church		Alive; listed here as current leader
Charles Dederich Sr	Synanon
Charles Manson	Manson Family		Deceased
Clare Bronfman	NXIVM
David Berg	The Family International / Children of God	1968-1994	Deceased
David Brandt Berg	The Family International		Deceased
David Koresh	Branch Davidians	1988-1993	Deceased
David Miscavige	Church of Scientology	1986-present	Alive; still leads organization
Doug Kunin	Eckankar
Edir Macedo	Universal Church of the Kingdom of God		Alive; listed here as current leader
Elbert "Gene" Spriggs	Twelve Tribes communities
Elizabeth Clare Prophet	Church Universal and Triumphant	1959–2009	Deceased
Emiliano Salinas	NXIVM
Hak Ja Han	Unification Church		Alive; listed here as current leader
Hannah Tamaki	Destiny Church (New Zealand)		Alive
Jim Jones	Peoples Temple	1955-1978	Deceased
John Robert Stevens	Church of the Living Word
Joseph Di Mambro	Order of the Solar Temple	1984-1994	Deceased
Keith Raniere	NXIVM
L. Ron Hubbard	Scientology	1952-1986	Deceased
Lee Man-hee	Shincheonji Church of Jesus		Alive
Leon MacLaren	School of Economic Science
Luc Jouret	Order of the Solar Temple	1984-1994	Deceased
Marshall Applewhite	Heaven's Gate	1974-1997	Deceased
Minoru Harada	Soka Gakkai		Alive
Naasón Joaquín García	La Luz del Mundo		Alive
Nancy Salzman	NXIVM		Alive
Paul Nthenge Mackenzie	Good News International Ministries
Rajneesh	Rajneesh movement		Deceased
Raël	Raelian movement		Alive
Robert Earl Burton	Fellowship of Friends
Ryan Ringnald	Church of Wells
Ryuho Okawa	Happy Science	1996-2023; 1986-1996	Deceased
Shoko Asahara	Aum Shinrikyo	1987-1995	Deceased
Sun Myung Moon	Unification Church	1954-2012	Deceased
Warren Jeffs	FLDS Church	2002-present	Alive; still regarded by followers as leader

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