He attended Our Lady of Apostles primary school, Yaba, Lagos. and obtained his West
African School Certificate (WAEC) at St Gregory’s College, Obalende. Ben Murray-Bruce. He graduated from
University of South Carolina, and as awarded a bachelor's degree in
Marketing in the year 1979.
A businessman, politician and founder of the Silverbird
Group. A member of the People's Democratic Party.
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. He 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.
He was the Director General
of Nigerian Television Authority between the years 1999 and 2003.
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 his father.
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 his platform that the winner of Miss World was discovered in the person of
Agbani Darego.
He is the chairman of the Silverbird, a group
that has one of the best TV stations in Nigeria known the
Silverbird Television. It has a branch in Los Angeles known there as the ‘MAGIC MORNING’.
He joined politics in the year 2011, he contested for the position of governor
in his state Bayelsa, was
screened out of the gubernatorial race under the umbrella of the People's
Democratic Party.
He later contested and won election in March 2015, as a Senator
representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District at the National Assembly under
the umbrella of the People's Democratic Party.
He has several 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)
