Non-Resident Scholar
President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (RFBF)
Brian J. Grim Vitae
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Brian Grim, Ph. D., is president of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation and a leading scholar on international religious demography and the socio-economic impact of religious freedom. Brian’s recent widely reported research finds that religion contributes $1.2 trillion to the U.S. economy annually, more than the combined revenues of the top 10 technology U.S. companies including Apple, Amazon and Google. Brian is an affiliated scholar at Boston University’s Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs. Brian is recent chair of the World Economic Forum’s council on the role of faith and works closely with the United Nations “Business for Peace” platform. Brian is a Pennsylvania State University alumnus and author of numerous articles and books including The Price of Freedom Denied (Cambridge), World Religion Database (Brill), World’s Religions in Figures (Wiley) and Yearbook of International Religious Demography (Brill). He is also a TEDx Speaker and a Speaker at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos.
