Social entrepreneur, social change activist, and DJ; Founder and CEO of Thred Media
England
Europe
United Kingdom
Jenk Oz is a young social entrepreneur. But he has also made a name for himself as a public speaker, social change activist, and DJ. He is the Founder and CEO of Thred Media. This social enterprise focuses on publishing, media, consulting, and production aimed specifically at Generation Z.
At Thred Media, the focus is on all aspects of youth culture and social change. It is published in seventeen languages and reaches over 340 thousand teens and young adults in over 220 countries and territories monthly. The business has won many awards. Amongst these, it includes the Vodafone Small Business Award, four W3 Awards, the Next Gen Media Company and International Davey Award, and an Amazon AWS Activator Award.
Jenk Oz has recently launched ThredMedia. The website houses his consulting business. He focuses on helping brands, agencies, and research houses better understand Generation Z beliefs, behaviours, and transformational consumer needs.
His work has resulted in Jenk Oz being featured in various media. These include the likes of Forbes, Business Insider, Oracle for Startups, and the Great British Entrepreneur Society. He has also won several awards, like Media Week 30 Under 30, PPNA Next Gen 30 Under 30, the Diana Award Honour Roll, and the Future Leader Award to name but a few.
Someone who has spoken at more than ninety conferences, Jenk Oz has spoken at 2 Model United Nations conferences. He has also addressed the Oxford University: Model United Nations Conference – London, Vox YMS NYC Marketing Conference in New York City, The World and European Lottery Association Annual Conference, and the SME Beyond Borders Conference in Dubai, to name but a few.
Jenk Oz is also a member of the Google Z-Council, Oracle for Startups, and Microsoft Surface Your Entrepreneur team. He also sits on various boards such as the Marketing Board for Founders4Schhols, WorkFinder App, and UpNext Education, amongst various others. He has also appeared in West End theatre, television, commercials, music videos, short films, voice-overs, and commercial print campaigns.
As a speaker, Jenk Oz enjoys talking about various topics surrounding Generation Z, young entrepreneurship, social change, and youth employment. He hopes to help other young people develop their ideas. He lives in the United Kingdom and speaks English.
“Jenk is such an inspiration for me and thanks to his amazing knowledges about sustainability, GenZ, communications and subjects that matter, he always helps me and a great amount of people to think how are we imagining our future as humanity. Jenk has accomplished so much starting from iCoolkid to Thred media. His communicational spirit is what makes him one of the best public speakers, something that we can verify from his unparalleled and uncountable appearances on many physical and online events, conferences, podcasts etc. He knows how to spread his opinion and to detect great initiatives that needs to be shared. In addition to that, he is an amazing character, full of fun.”
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