Editing Brigham Young (section)

==Business ventures and wealth==
Young engaged in a vast assortment of commercial ventures by himself and in partnership with others. These included a wagon express company, a ferryboat company, a railroad, and the manufacturing of processed lumber, wool, sugar beets, iron, and liquor. Young achieved greatest success in real estate. He also tried to promote Mormon self-sufficiency by establishing [[Collectivism and individualism|collectivist]] communities, known as the [[United Order|United Order of Enoch]].<ref name="utahencyclopedia">{{cite web |last1=Bringhurst |first1=Newell G. |title=Young, Brigham |url=https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/y/YOUNG_BRIGHAM.shtml |website=www.uen.org |publisher=Utah History Encyclopedia |access-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209132648/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/y/YOUNG_BRIGHAM.shtml |archive-date=December 9, 2023}}</ref>

Young was also involved in the organization of the Salt Lake Gas Works, the Salt Lake Water Works, an insurance company, a bank, and the ZCMI store in downtown Salt Lake City.{{sfn|Gibbons|1981|page=238}} In 1873, he announced that he would step down as president of the Deseret National Bank and of ZCMI, as well as from his role as trustee-in-trust for the church. He cited as his reason for this that he was ready to relieve himself from the burden of "secular affairs".{{sfn|Gibbons|1981|pp=256–257}}

At the time of his death, Young was the wealthiest man in Utah, with an estimated personal fortune of $600,000<ref name="utahencyclopedia"/> ({{Inflation|US|600000|1877|fmt=eq|r=-5}}).