There is a once sizeable but now declining protestant denomination here in Canada that is said to be so well-heeled financially that it could keep going for decades after the last member has died. Presumably this would provide a golden opportunity for market diversification at the corporate level: “We used to do church; now we own the Toronto Maple Leafs.”
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