Jordan Kensington

Jordan Kensington is a British entrepreneur, artist, actor, songwriter, television and radio presenter best known for the brand Invincible and as the founder of the Urban Music Awards, an awards show celebrating the achievement of hip hop, R&B, soul and jazz music artists in six countries annually. He is also the youngest British entrepreneur to have designed, created and developed a brand of smart phones and tablet PCs called Zuricom, which was launched officially by the Secretary of State for Business, MP Vince Cable, and sells in Europe, Africa and Asia.

His business interests under the umbrella of Invincible Media Group include Urban Music Awards, a magazine, radio station, television production company, record label, celebrity management agency and a primary school and college. He has taken the roles of recording executive, actor, musician, executive producer of Sky TV's Britain's Next Urban Superstar, writer, radio presenter and presented one report for the BBC 1 local news strand Inside Out. In 2007 Kensington was worth an estimated US $18 million.

Jordan Kensington was born in Wandsworth, London, the son of Emmanuel Kensington and Agnes Makia. He grew up in St. Lucia and Cameroon, and moved back to London when his father died of kidney failure in 1995. Kensington attended South Thames College and later studied law at London South Bank University.

After finishing university, Kensington sold his house and with support from the Prince's Trust went on to set Invincible Media Group in 1999. The magazine reportedly saw a circulation of 65,000 copies distributed monthly in the UK giving exposure to several first time artist such as Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A, Joss Stone, Twista, Eminem and many more. In 2002 the company launched a radio station, production company and a celebrity management arm to further maximise the brand Invincible and 2003 saw the launch of the Urban Music Awards. The awards show spun off an events production arm to the company that led to the launch of British Music Week in 2005 and more recently the International Football Awards held in 2009. The Urban Music Awards returned bigger and better in 2009 by celebrating the 7th anniversary with a US version of the awards show on 17 July 2009 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, returning to London on 1 November for the British version of the show. The 2009 return was covered by major international press, including OK! magazine, the Daily Express and The Insider. 2009 also saw the launch of the Best Asian Act category to celebrate artists and musicians of Asian origin, which was widely covered within the Asian media worldwide.

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