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Introduction
Ben Mulroney is a Canadian television host and producer. He is the eldest son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Early life
| Name | Ben Mulroney |
| Net Worth | $10 million |
| Profession | Television host |
| Height | 1.83m |
| Age | 45 years |
Benedict Martin Paul Mulroney was born on March 9, 1976 (age 45 years) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. He is t he second of four children born to former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mila Pivnicki Mulroney, who is of Serbian descent. Mulroney is one of several children of former Prime Ministers who became Canadian media personalities between 1998 and 2001.
His older sister, Caroline Mulroney, is the Minister of Transportation for Ontario having been an unsuccessful candidate for the 2018 Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election. Maclean’s later revealed that he helped her rehearse scripts during the leadership campaign.
Mulroney attended Lycée Claudel d’Ottawa and the Hotchkiss School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in history, from Duke University. He subsequently earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from Université Laval. During the Oliphant hearings, it was revealed that all the Mulroney children’s university education was paid from the money that his father received from Karlheinz Schreiber.
Career
In the late 1990s, Mulroney wrote a regular column for the Toronto Sun. He began his career as an entertainment reporter as the Quebec City correspondent for The Chatroom in 2000 on CTV-owned digital channel Talktv and became one of five co-hosts of the show in July 2001. From 2001 to 2002, he was an entertainment reporter on Canada AM. He hosted Canadian Idol from 2003 to 2008.
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Ben Mulroney
In 2006, he was appointed as the National Ambassador for UNICEF Canada. In February 2010, Mulroney and other staff from etalk covered the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games for CTV.
On June 22, 2020, Mulroney announced his resignation as host of etalk saying, “More than ever, we need more Black voices, more Indigenous voices, more people of colour in the media as well as every other profession – and that is why I have decided to immediately step away from my role at etalk to create space for a new perspective and a new voice.” His resignation came in the wake of a controversy in which his wife was accused of bullying and threatening Sasha Exeter, a black influencer.
In June 2016, he was announced as the cohost, with Anne-Marie Mediwake, of CTV’s new morning, show Your Morning, which replaced the venerable Canada AM. He left the program, effective October 1, 2021, in order to “pursue a career as a producer, developing unique projects for both Canadian and global audiences”.
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Mulroney joined ABC News in June 2012 as a contributor to Good Morning America. Former ABC News President Ben Sherwood announced that Mulroney would be temporarily substituting for Dan Harris during the weekends while serving as a contributor to Good Morning America. This was followed after Mulroney’s previous stints as temporary co-host with Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly.
Wife
Ben Mulroney is married to his longtime girlfriend Jessica Brownstein, they had their wedding in 2008. His wife Jessica Mulroney is a fashion designer. He started dating his wife Jessica on December 28, 2007, in Montreal. They married on October 30, 2008, in a private ceremony at St. Patrick’s Basilica, Montreal. However, Mulroney first met Jessica Brownstein when they were both teenagers through his younger brother Mark Mulroney, who was a student at the all-boys Selwyn House School during the same time she was a student at a sister school Miss Edgar’s and Miss Cramp’s School.
The couple has 3 children: sons, who are fraternal twins, Brian Gerald Alexander Mulroney and John Benedict Dimitri Mulroney (born August 12, 2010) and daughter Isabel Veronica Mulroney known as “Ivy” (born June 12, 2013). However, Ben and his partner Jessica Mulroney attended the 2018 wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and their three children participated as page boys and flower girls.
Ben Mulroney net worth
How much is Ben Mulroney worth? Ben Mulroney net worth is estimated at around $10 million. His main source of income is from his career as a media personality. Mulroney successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars. He is one of the richest and influential television hosts in Canada.