Biography
Jenk is a 19- year-old social entrepreneur, public speaker, social change activist, and DJ and the Founder & CEO of Thred Media, a social enterprise focused on Publishing, Consulting, and Production aimed at Generation Z.
The central tenet of the business is the 100% social change-focused website Thred where the writing team covers all aspects of youth culture seen through the lens of social change. It reaches teens and young adults in 220+ countries/territories a month. It has won several awards including Digiday Greater Good Awards, Webby’s Anthem Award 2x,Β Next Gen Media Company, Vodafone Small Business Award, four W3 Awards, an International Davey Award, and an Amazon AWS Activator Award.
βJenk has been featured in 300+ articles including Forbes, Business Insider, Oracle for Startups, and Great British Entrepreneur Society as well as having won several awards including the Forbes 30 Under 30, Media Week 30 Under 30, PPA Next Gen 30 Under 30, Digiday Young Leader of the Year, Diana Award Honour Role 2021, Digiday Future Leader Award, Webby-Anthem Young Leader Award, Top 100 Digital Leaders 2021, Great British Entrepreneur Awards- Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist, Start-Up Awards- Young Entrepreneur of The Year, Rise Scholarship Foundation Finalist, βProgress 1000: Most Influential Person- Science and Techβ from The Evening Standard, the βTech London Advocates: Β 25 under 25β award, PMI 50 Future Leaders and he was voted βTop 20 Young Entrepreneurs To Watchβ by Start-Up magazine.Β
On theΒ speaking circuit, Jenk enjoys talking about the future of Generation Z, Young Entrepreneurship, Social Change, and Youth Employment with the hope of helping other young people develop their impactful ideas.Β He has spoken at more than 90 conferences including three TEDx Talks entitled βIdeas Ink.β; βBreaking the Patternβ and ‘Can a ‘Like’ Change the World- the Power of Clicktivism’ as well as having spoken at 7 Model United Nation conferences including Oxford University: Model United Nations Conference- London. Others include Vox YMS NYC Marketing Conference- New York City; Knowledge Summit- Expo Dubai; ABTA Annual Conference, Morrocco; World Lottery Association, London; Oxford Global Summit For Young Leaders- Athens & London; Amazon AWS Summit- London; SES Student Employability Summit- London, NACUE Enterprise Conference, and SME Beyond Borders Conference- Dubai.Β
βJenk is a member of the Google Z-Council, Oracle for Startups, and Microsoft Surface Young Entrepreneur Team.Β
He also sits on theΒ Marketing Board for Founders4Schools, WorkFinder App, UpNext Education, BeMe Health, and Prospect 100 as well as being anΒ Ambassador for Global Citizen (poverty/climate), Climate Science (climate), Earth Day (climate), Force of Nature (climate), Youthtopia (climate), Bite Back 2030 (school food programs), Youthify (climate), Youth Climate Database (climate), Ivy House (education), BeMe Health (mental health), SoundMind (mental health), and The Song Academy (youth empowerment).Β
Jenk has been seen in West End theatre, TV, commercials, music videos, short films, voice-overs, and several commercial print campaigns. Jenk’s hobbies include piano, gaming, rowing, and rugby.
Further information can be found at www.jenkoz.comΒ
Awards
Forbes 30 Under 30
Media Week 30 Under 30
Professional Publisher’s Association 30 Under 30- Next Gen
Anthem Award- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion- Young Leader of The Year, Webby Award familyΒ – won 2x
Digiday- Future Leader Award- Publishing, finalist
Vodafone Small Business Award
Digiday- Greater Good Award
Digital Leaders- Top 100 Digital Leaders Award, Young Entrepreneur
Great British Entrepreneur Award- Young Entrepreneur of the Year, finalist
Start-Up Awards, National Series, Young Entrepreneur
The Diana Award Honour Roll
The British Citizen Youth Award- BCyA
Top 20 Next-Gen Media Companies, Vida Media
The Unify Award, The Conversationalist
Top 20 Young Entrepreneurs to Watch, StartUps Magazine
25 Under 25 Award, Future Minds Network
PMI Future 50 Leaders Award
TechRound 29 Under 29 Young Entrepreneurs
Progress 100: Most Influential Person Science & Technology
Amazon AWS Activate Award
Davey Award, best website
W3 Awards- 4x winner- best teen, youth, event website
Rise Scholarship Foundation, finalist
Kidscreen Award, finalist
Board/Ambassador/Partnership
Jenk likes to focus his time on helping young people achieve their goals and improving their odds of success. With that as a goal, he has concentrated his work on education, social change, employment, and entrepreneurship.
Global Citizen
Global Media Partner
As media partners, we interact with Global Citizen daily, they are a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/gb/
Global Ambassador and Speaker
EARTHDAY.ORGβs mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, EARTHDAY.ORG is the worldβs largest recruiter of the environmental movement. https://www.earthday.org/Β
βForce of Nature, UK
Media Partner and Ambassador
They empower young people to turn their eco-anxiety into agency and work with leaders across business and education to drive intergenerational solutions. https://www.forceofnature.xyz/
Circle of Youth Member and Speaker
Our mission at YOUTHTOPIA is to provide space that brings young people together, ignites their passions, and grows their skills to become active changemakers. We will achieve this by creating a short and meaningful peer to peer programs off and online. https://youthtopia.world/
Media Partner and Ambassador
ClimateScience is a UK-based global charity led by hundreds of driven volunteers from 30 countries and a small team of staff. We aim to make learning engaging, accessible, and reliable. βhttps://climatescience.org/
Media Partner and Ambassador
Global Youth Climate Database (GYCD) connects youth climate leaders from all over the world in the fight against climate change. hβttps://www.climatedatabase.org/about
Media Partner and Supporter
Supported by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Campaign engages young people, parents, and teachers to change the attitudes, behaviour, and culture of bullying by building skills and confidence to address different situations, both online and offline. https://www.antibullyingpro.com/
Member Marketing Advisory Committee and Ambassador
Its mission is to inspire students and prepare them for the rapidly changing world of work. They do this by enabling educators to invite business leaders for encounters with their students. https://www.founders4schools.org.uk/
Ambassador
Bite Back 2030 works toward equal access to affordable and nutritious school meals, but right now, over a million children don’t have that. Bite Back 2030 exists to change that.Β Β https://biteback2030.com/
Member Marketing Advisory Committee and Ambassador
Young entrepreneurship focused-know as the TikTok of idea pitching. The first-ever platform that connects teens’ startups & Cryptocurrency
https://www.zupnext.com/
βProspect 100, UK
Member Marketing Advisory Committee & Young Entrepreneurship Captain
Jenk works with the Founders to unearth talented youth from around the world to participate in their competitions and live events that provide opportunities to meet recognised industry leaders. The goal is to provide mentoring and work placements across several industries. https://wwwprospect100.com/
Member Marketing Advisory Committee & Ambassador
Visits schools to speak to young people and inspire them to pursue goals and unearth ‘Lost Einsteins’. Its mission is to inspire students and prepare them for the rapidly changing world of work. They do this by enabling educators to invite business leaders for encounters with their students.
https://www.founders4schools.org.uk/
Workfinder App, UK
Member Marketing Advisory Committee
At Workfinder, they inspire youth to find a future they will love, to discover exciting career opportunities, and explore the working world on their terms.
https://www.workfinder.com/
Ambassador
Advisory Board & Ambassador
BeMe is a mobile mental health platform β made for and With Teens In Mindβ’ β to improve teen well-being by bringing together the best aspects of social, gaming, and streaming engagement along with human coaching and clinical care. https://beme.com/
Ambassador and Speaker
SoundMind is committed to advancing the field of mental health research and connecting that with the latest mental health technologies at the palm of your fingertips.
https://www.soundmind.app/about
Speaker and Youth Supporter
UK Youth is a leading charity with a vision that all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. https://www.ukyouth.org/
