Biography

Ben Murray-Bruce. Biography.

Ben Murray-Bruce, was born on February 18, 1956 to Mr Mullighen and Mrs. Margaret Murray-Bruce of the Ijaw ethnic

group of Nigeria. He is a native of Akassa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. He is a business man, politician and founder of the Silverbird Group. A member of the People's Democratic Party, he was elected to the Senate of Nigeria in March 2015, and currently the senator that represents the Bayelsa East constituency, in Bayelsa State of Nigeria.

Bruce attended Our Lady of Apostles primary school, Yaba, Lagos. After that, he went to St Gregory?s College, Obalende where he sat for and obtained the West African School Certificate. After his secondary education, Ben Murray-Bruce traveled to the United States of America for a university education at University of South Carolina, where he received a bachelor's degree in Marketing in the year 1979.

Ben has served in various capacities at the public service. He was the Director General of Nigerian Television Authority between the years 1999 and 2003. In 1983, he was the one who promoted the Miss Universe Nigeria Pageant, Miss Intercontinental Pageant 1986-1994 and to date. He is the current promoter of the annual Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Pageant which he started in the year 1986. Ben served as a Member of the Board of the Nigerian National Arts Theater, Federal Films Censors Board, Nigerian Film Corporation, National Film Distribution Company and Anti- Piracy Action Committee of Nigeria.

Ben is very outstanding in the show business, a business he so much has passion for. His passion for show business led him and his wife to established the defunct Silverbird Magazine in the year 1980 with a loan given to him by is father. Afterwards, Ben went into concerts promotion. Ben is a front line Entertainer in Nigeria and the entire West Africa. He single-handedly revolutionized the cinema business in Nigeria, he started the Silverbird Productions with a very little, today, Ben Bruce has built a business empire that is running into several billions of Naira and has provided employments for so many Nigerian youths.

It was on Ben?s platform that the winner of Miss World was discovered in the person of Agbani Darego. Mr. Ben Murray- Bruce is the chairman of the Silverbird, a group that has one of the best TV stations in Nigeria known as and called the Silverbird Television.

Silverbird group established a branch of Silverbird Television in Los Angeles which is known there as the ?MAGIC MORNING?.

Ben later joined politics and in the year 2011, he contested for the position of governor in his state Bayelsa, but was unsuccessful owing to the fact that he was screened out of the gubernatorial race under the umbrella of the People's Democratic Party. Ben later contested and won election as a Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District at the National Assembly under the umbrella of the People's Democratic Party.

Ben Murray-Bruce have bagged severa awards and recognitions which includes the under listed:

? "Showbiz Icon of the Year Award" (2005)

? "?Top Ten? Significant Nigerian Businessmen Award" (2006)

? "Life Achiever Award" (2006)

? "Champion for Nation Building Award" (2007)

? "Excellent Personality Award" (2009)

? "Officer of the Order of the Niger" (2014)[9]

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