Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye was born on 16^th August, 1943 at Ago-Iwoye in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. His father, Jubril Giwa Kuye (J. G. Kuye) was the Giwa of Obangbade Age-Grade Society of Ago-Iwoye. His grand father, Oloye Osikolade Osibule, was the Chairman of the Colonial Native Court (Alaga) of Ago-Iwoye (1912-1932), which the immediate past Ogbeni-Oja of Ijebuland, Chief T. A. Odutola, served as Registrar between 1922 and 1929.

His mother, Aderonke Alimat Shadia is the granddaughter of Princess Okuribido, daughter of Oba Fesengbuwa and immediate junior sister of Oba Adedesimbo Aboki Tunwase. Princess Okuaderibido married Prince Ogunwo, a male child of Oba Okole-Omurajo of Ago-Iwoye. However, Oba Aboki Tunwase gave a firm instruction to Prince Akeju, the first of the ‘Abidagbo’ princes of Oba Tunwase to ensure that Princess Oku must ‘sleep’, at her demise, in the house that Prince Akeju built in Ago-Iwoye. The instruction was executed bonafide and Senator Jubril Martins-Kuye’s great grandmother slept in Ijebu-Ode’s Prince Akeji’s house at Oke-Eduwe, Ibipe, Ago-Iwoye.

His great grand mother related intimately with all her nieces and nephews. The most notable of her nephews were Prince Adekoya Olukolu (Ogberegede ‘Loba), Prince Adeyemi, Prince Akeju, Oba Folagbade (1925-1929) and Prince Rufai Adetona.

Senator Jubril graduated from the University of Ibadan in June 1968, with a B.Sc Honours in Sociology, Politics and Economics. He went on to get an Advanced Certificate in Marketing Management from the Nigerian Institute of Management in 1973. He proceeded to the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston, USA in 1983, to get an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration. He is also a recipient of a honorary D.Sc from the Ogun State University (1990).

Prior to gaining University admission, Otunba Jubril Martins-Kuye worked as a teacher from 1955-1965. After he was done with his degree, he moved to Lever Brothers Plc beginning at a Management Trainee position in July 1968, and by January 1973, he was elevated to the position of Divisional Manager (Southern Sales), a role he voluntarily resigned from in July 1974. He then moved to the Dutch Multi-national – International Packaging Industries, as Head of Sales and Marketing Department from August 1974 – April 1976.

By April 1976, Otunba Jubril was convinced it was time to set off on his own as an industrialist, this led to the founding of Crown Ventures Limited, a paper-converting and Industrial chemicals manufacturing company with its factories and operational headquarters in Lagos State (1976 to date). Crown Tissue Mill Limited was incorporated in 1989 as manufacturers of wet pulp and tissue papers. This company offers employment to six hundred Nigerians in direct and indirect employment.

Otunba Jubril Martins-Kuye was a Senator in the Third Republic representing Ogun East Senatorial District comprising of nine Local Government Areas of Ijebu and Remo Divisions of Ogun State; he was also appointed Hon. Minister of State Finance for Federal Republic of Nigeria (June 1999 – June 2003) by President Olusegun Obasanjo.

In his political career over the years he has taken on various appointments and gathered an immeasurable amount of experience. These include – Political appointment as Chairman, Board of Directors of S&K Asbestos Products Limited (a company partly owned by the Ogun State Government) 1980-83; S.D.P National Delegate, 1990; Member, Ogun State University Governing Council, 1990-99; Founding Member and State leader, The United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), Ogun State, 1996; Founding member and the Leading Leader Peoples Democratic Party (P.D.P), 1998; Gubernatorial Candidate of the P.D.P, Ogun State, 1999.

Senator Martins-Kuye’s Community, Social, Sectarian and Professional Services include – Chairman, Ogun State Council of Islamic Affairs, (Since 1986); Member, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and Secretary of its International Relations Committee (1986/87) under the Chairmanship of the Late Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina (Rtd). He was also Member of the Paper and Paper-Board manufacturers and Converters Association (PPMCA); Member, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (M.A.N), Chairman, Tissue manufacturers Contact Group affiliated to M.A.N; Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Management; Member, London Institute of Marketing; Member, Institute of Directors of Nigeria; and Member, Police Community Relations Council, Ijebu Division.

Otunba Jubril is the Aare Musulumi of Ogun State Muslims, 1981 and a Patron to the Ogun State Chapters of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (1987); Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (1990); and the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) (1983).