Tonye Princewill

Tonye Princewill
Princewill at a private screening of '76 in 2016
Born	(1969-01-04) 4 January 1969 (age 48) London, United Kingdom
Residence	Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria
Occupation	Businessman, politician, petroleum engineer, film producer
Political party	Labour Party (current) People's Democratic Party (former)

Tonye Princewill (born 4 January 1969) is a Nigerian businessman and politician who was the 2015 Labour Party nominee for Governor of Rivers State. He is the son of King T.J.T. Princewill and is a Prince of the Kalabari Kingdom of Rivers State, Nigeria.

Princewill was the Chief Technology Officer of Panasonic in the United Kingdom and served at the Global Asset Management desk of Citibank. His business interests are in both upstream and downstream oil and gas, information technology, environmental waste management, aviation services and film production.

Prince Tonye Princewill was born in the UK to the family of King (Prof) T.J.T. Princewill, the Amanyanabo of Kalabari Kingdom of the Amachree Dynasty of Rivers State. His father was a Professor of Medical Microbiology before he became a monarch.

Tonye Princewill started his early education in the United Kingdom, before returning with his parents to Nigeria. In Nigeria, he was enrolled at Hillcrest High School in Jos from 1976–1980. He then attended Federal Government College (Port Harcourt) where he obtained his West African Senior Certificate/ General Certificate of Education O'Level in 1985. He took his BSc in Petroleum engineering at the University of Port Harcourt. He did a master's degree in Mineral Resources Engineering at the Imperial College London.

Tonye Princewill started off his career with Royal Dutch Shell as a Reservoir and Well-site Petroleum Engineer. He also worked briefly with the UK's Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency, the Department of Trade and Industry. He later moved into private business and established the Riverdrill Group of Companies (Nigeria) where he is chairman.