Descended from royalty. Way down the line. Almost non-existent. But his family has a lot of wealth and heritage which, unsurprisingly, Benjamin loves to milk. He makes the most of the fact that his family has got endless pockets of money. Privately educated, Benjamin had an education which was completely separate to most. He excelled because he was taught things not many people knew. It was more a case of nurture, rather than nature. This separated Benjamin from the rest of his peers: they were all naturally bright and academic, and he quickly fell to the bottom of the class. All the other kids in the school picked on him because he was only in the prestigious school thanks to his family name. They resented him, and he resented them. That's where Benjamin’s desire to become top stems from. 

Throughout college and university, things had changed. Benjamin has taught himself everything he knew, and he had trained himself to be good at things. Ever since he was old enough to realise that his brain was slower than others’, he worked hard at understanding it, so he managed to teach himself to learn quickly. And, to his surprise, it worked. He passed A-Levels with flying colours, and then when he went to university, he was top of the class — in more ways than one. 
 

Benjamin had always been fond of girls; growing up he never spent much time around them, and they always seemed like they were beautiful mythical creatures that only the intelligent boys could touch. And he longed for their touch. Then, in university, he found a lot of it. He would sleep with girls every week on a night out, and he would still manage to wake up early the next day for lectures. 
 

Benjamin fell in love once. And it killed him. She died due to a brain haemorrhage. Benjamin couldn't believe it. That the organ that nurtured you, guides you, feeds you information, thinks for you, talks for you — that it could betray you just like that. 
 

Soon after, distraught by the death of his long-term girlfriend, Benjamin became adamant that he would one day eradicate the world’s diseases, one cruel disease at a time. His inspiration was born from that tragedy. He often says “the choices we make that are pivotal to our lives are borne from our toughest times”.
 

After Benjamin graduated from university — with a First Class Honours, no less — Benjamin headed straight into the World Health Organisation. He started his way from the bottom right to the top to where he is now. He studied while he was learning and he constantly developed his skills. But his development was hindered when Charlie Paxman frog-leaped him and got the job for the higher position. Benjamin was outraged. It wasn't fair. How could waltz in and get the job that Benjamin had worked so hard for? Benjamin was jealous, and he made a promise to his dead girlfriend, that he wouldn't stop until he was in a position of power, and he was going to become the top. Nothing would stop him in his endeavours.