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Kent D. Watson
Kent D. Watson (Born May 8, 1943) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 6, 2008.

Biography
Watson was born to L. Dee and Joyce Judd Watson in Cedar City, Utah. He served as a missionary from 1963-1966 in what was then the Southern Far East Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was assigned to serve in Taiwan and learned Mandarin Chinese.

Watson married Connie Lingmann on Auguest 23, 1967 in the Salt Lake Temple and have five children. In 1969, Watson received both his Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Master of Arts degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

After Graduation, Watson worked for Price Waterhouse and became a partner in the Utah office. He took a leave of absence from 1989 to 1992 to serve as the president of the Taiwan Taichung Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

In 1992 he returned to Price Waterhouse with assignment to Beijing, China. In 1998, Watson was named Chairman and CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers, China. In 2003 he served as the Interim president of the Taiwan Kaohsiung Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Resources: Called to Seventy," Church News Archives, 12 April 2008   The Sustaining of Church Officers," The Ensign, May 2008 Elder Kent D. Watson," Church News Archives, 2 August 2008   Following path of righteous examples," Church News Archives, 2 August (Principal source)

links: (1) http://new.lds.org/church/leader/kent-d-watson?lang=eng (2) http://www.globalhrnews.com/story.asp?sid=615