David Miscavige

Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center Raised Roman Catholic, the Philadelphia-born Miscavige was first introduced to Scientology by his father, who sent young David to a Scientologist in order to cure his asthma and allergies through a Dianetics session. At age 16, Miscavige dropped out of high school with his father's permission and joined the Sea Organization, an association of Scientologists established by founder L. Ron Hubbard. Six years later, he was working directly for Hubbard as an assistant, or "Commodore's Messenger," and assumed his current leadership role in the 1980s. Miscavige's wife, Michelle "Shelly" Miscavige -- a fellow Sea Org member who is said to have set up Cruise and Holmes in 2005 -- has not been seen in public since 2007. "She is not missing. Any reports that she is missing are false," an attorney for Shelly told Us Weekly Friday. "Mrs. Miscavige has been working non-stop in the Church, as she always has."