Who started Scientology?
Dianetics and founded Scientology. He died in 1986.”>L. Ron Hubbard was the founder of Scientology. Scientology grew out of the Dianetics movement, which began when people bought Hubbard’s 1950 book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, and began “auditing” each other. From the early days, Hubbard offered courses and congresses to spread his new ideas about Dianetics. After internal squabbles and accusations of financial mismanagement, Hubbard and his colleagues incorporated the Church of Scientology in December 1953. Dianetics and founded Scientology. He died in 1986.”>L. Ron Hubbard died in 1986. As of 2005, the Chairman of the Board of Scientology is David Miscavige, and the President of Scientology is Heber Jentzsch.