“A good bodyguard doesn’t have close calls.”

Story by Clif Travers

Jeffrey Maguire has a sober view of the world, one that’s based on years of war and peril. “I served in Iraq until 2005, and I had a lot of time for reflection,” he says. “I knew I wanted to use my experiences in a positive way.”

He met Rihanna’s first manager in 2005, and that’s how the Maguire Protection Service (MPS) started. “She was up-and-coming and looking for security, so I became her first bodyguard. That led to working for Jay-Z and Beyonce.”

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