Elder Carl F. Krauss was named an Area Seventy and a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2024 general conference.
Elder Krauss has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the South Africa Cape Town Mission, branch presidency counselor, bishop, stake president, South Africa Pretoria Mission Presidency counselor .
Elder Krauss received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of South Africa in 2000. He has worked as a senior account director for Safika BEA, an integration consultant for Oracle Corporation, a channel manager for CA Technologies, a consultant for Time Quantum, the head of global sales and marketing for Perago FSE, a senior consultant for Financial Consortium, a regional sales manager for Sybrin Limited, and as an independent consultant. Since 2018, he has worked as the Middle East and Africa managing director for the International Armour Corporation.
Carl Friedrich Krauss was born in Carletonville, South Africa, on February 17, 1967. He married Amy Eve Miller in 1995. They are the parents of six children. Elder and Sister Krauss reside in Krugersdorp, South Africa.