Jenk (He/Him) is a 15-year-old young entrepreneur, professional actor, musician, DJ and presenter as well as being the Founder of Thred Media (formerly iCoolKid), a Publishing, Media, Consulting and Production company aimed at Generation Z. Follow me on Instagram and drop me some ideas/feedback on email.
Jenk is a 15-year-old young entrepreneur, professional actor, musician, DJ and presenter as well as being the Founder of Thred Media (formerly iCoolKid), a Publishing, Media, Consulting and Production company aimed at Generation Z.
Jenk has a team of amazing writers, graphic designers and videographers at thredmedia.com (consulting) and thred.com (publishing). Jenk is very proud that Thred is a multi award-winning website which is the largest of its kind with thousands of original Youth Culture and Social Change focused articles. The site sees monthly visitors from over 190 countries and has won several awards including four W3 Awards, an International Davey Award, Amazon AWS Activator Award and been a finalist for both a KidScreen and Little London Award.
Jenk has been seen in West End Theatre, TV, Commercials, Music Videos, Short Films, Voice Overs and several commercial print & modelling campaigns. On the speaking circuit, Jenk enjoys talking about both the future of Generation Z and Young Entrepreneurship with the hope of helping other young people develop their ideas. He has given two TEDx Talks entitled ‘Ideas Ink.’ and ‘Breaking the Pattern’ as well as having spoken at such conferences as Oxford Global: Model United Nations Conference; Vox YMS NYC Marketing Conference New York City; Oxford Global: Summit For Young Leaders; Amazon AWS Summit London; Brand Week Istanbul; NACUE Enterprise Conference, SME Beyond Borders Conference Dubai, Arlix Meet: Young Entrepreneur Conference, and Maximum Achievement 2.0.
Jenk has been featured in Forbes and Business Insider as well as having won several awards including the ‘Progress 1000: Most Influential Person- Science and Tech’ from The Evening Standard, the ‘Tech London Advocates: 25 under 25’ award and he was voted ‘Top 20 Young Entrepreneurs To Watch 2017’ by Start-Up magazine. Recently, Jenk received a column in London’s Time Out magazine entitled ‘Ask Jenk’, enabling young people to write in and ask questions on all things Gen Z.
Jenk sits on the Marketing Board for both Founders4Schools and WorkFinder App as well as being an Ambassador/Mentor for Big Youth Group, Big Life Project and Genetic Disorder UK charities.
