Billionaire resigns from Mormon church, says it is "actively and currently doing harm in the world"

One of the wealthiest people from Utah said he is officially resigning from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, saying the church has "hindered global progress in women's rights, civil rights and racial equality, and LGBTQ+ rights."

Jeff Green, the CEO and chairman of the online advertising company Trade Desk, will also reportedly donate $600,000 to LGBTQ rights group, Equality Utah. 

Green, who is believed to be worth more than $5 billion, wrote a scathing letter to Mormon church president Russel Nelson and requested the LDS church, as it is also known, to remove his records, admitting he had not been part of it for over a decade. The letter, first published by the Salt Lake Tribune earlier this week, was obtained by CBS News.