Biography
Ben Bruce Biography, Early Life, Education, Career, Family, Mansions & Net Worth.
Benedict Murray-Bruce is a Nigerian is apolitician, senator, businessman and the C.E.O Silverbird Group. He served Bayelsa East Senatorial District, in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. under People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) he was elected to the Senate of Nigeria in March 2015.
He was born on18 February 1956.
Ben Murray-Bruce was born in Lagos, to the Family of Mullighan and Margaret Murray-Bruce in Akassa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Early life
Senator benedict Murray-Bruce Age data and Profile.
Education
Murray-Bruce attended Our Lady of Apostles, Yaba, Lagos, where he completed his primary education and St Gregory College, Obalende where he obtained the West African School Certificate before he proceeded to the University of South Carolina in the United States, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Marketing in 1979.
Career
Ben Murray-Bruce
He has worked in both the public and private sectors throughout his career.
Ben started as a promoter of pageantry and programme syndication in a small corner of his father’s Domino departmental store with six staff.
Before Ben ventured into the pageant business, it was formerly managed by the Daily Times of Nigeria. The pageant at that time recorded low sponsorship, making it lose its charm and fascination.
In 1983, he was one of the top promoters of the Miss Universe Nigeria Pageant. A feat Ben repeated in the Miss Intercontinental Pageant in 1985-1994.
He is also a proud promoter of the annual Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant.
Ben Bruce Biography, Early Life, Education, Career, Family, Mansions & Net Worth.
His efforts in promoting the beauty pageants have seen the emergence of Bianca Onuh, Omasan Buwa, and Agbani Darego, who won the Miss World beauty pageant in 2001.
Ben also served as the Director General of the Nigerian Television Authority from 1999 to 2003.
He served as the Executive Director of the Black Music Association of America.
He is also a board member of National Arts Theater Management, the Nigerian Film Corporation, the Federal Films Censors Board, and the Nigerian Anti-Piracy Action Committee.
Currently, he serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of Silverbird Group, which holds considerable franchises in the showbiz and infotainment industries, including Silverbird Television, Rhythm FM, Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageants, and Silver Film Distribution.
In 2011, Ben decided to venture into partisan politics by declaring his intention to contest the Bayelsa State gubernatorial under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He was screened out of the race by the political party.
He made another move in 2015 to represent Bayelsa East Senatorial District at the National House of Assembly.
While at the Senate, Ben initiated the “common sense” campaign, where he gave nuggets in short video clips. This recorded success with its presence all over the internet.
Also, as a member of the Senate, Ben proposed a bill to phase out petrol-powered cars before 2035, replacing them with electric ones. The Senate, however, opposed the bill.
Senator Ben has been seen on several occasions flaunting his electric cars.
In 2019, Ben withdrew from his reelection race into the Senate.
Family Life
Wife
Senator Ben was married to Evelyn Murray, who passed on after battling cancer in 2021
The union is blessed with four children:
- Cody Murray-Bruce
- Jonathan Murray-Bruce
- Jasmine Murray-Bruce
- Jared Murray-Bruce
Net worth
Ben Murray-Bruce
net worth: $5 million.
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