Awards
Both Jenk and the Thred Media are fortunate to have been recognised in a variety of ways by a selection of newspapers, magazines and accredited award organisations such as Digiday, Webby's Anthem Awards, Great British Entrepreneur Awards, The Diana Awards, Amazon AWS Startups, Digital Leaders, Progress 1000, W3 and Davey Awards.
Jenk has been featured on BBC CEO Secrets, CNN, MSN, SKY News, Sky, ITV, and Chanel 4. Please see the Press section for further details.
Awards
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Forbes 30 Under 30
Honoree 2024
Forbes, Europe
Jenk and his work at Thred Media were honoured with Forbes 30 Under 30 Marketing & Media Award.
Digiday Future Leader Awards - Publisher
Digiday Awards, USA
Jenk and Thred Media have made it to the top 5 finalists alongside New York Times, Forbes, and Insider.
Webby's Anthem Award
Young Leader of the Year
Webby Award, USA
Jenk has won Silver at the inaugural Anthem Awards- Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion - Young Leader of the Year.
Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award
Great British Entrepreneur, UK
Finalist for GBEA- Young Entrepreneur of the Year, London area- finalist.
Webby's Anthem Award
Young Leader of the Year
Webby Awards, USA
Jenk has won Silver at the inaugural Anthem Awards- Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion - Young Leader of the Year.
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Royal Society of Arts, Commerce Manufacturing
RSA Fellowship, UK
Jenk has been awarded a Fellowship at the Royal Society of Arts, Commerce and Manufacturing.
The Diana Award
Honour Roll 2022
The Diana Award, Global
The Diana Award is given out each year to a global group of young change-makers impacting the planet.
BOLD Awards IV
Bold Awards + H-Farm
Jenk is a finalist in the 2023 BOLD Awards in the Young Achiever category..
Vida Next Gen Media
Company
Vida Media Awards, UK
Vida Media honours the top 20 Next Generation Media companies in the UK every year.
Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Growing Business Awards
Jenk Oz & Thred Media have made it to the finals of the Growing Business Awards- winner announced in Sep.
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Tech London 25 Under 25 Entrepreneurs
Tech London Awards
Jenk was honoured to make the list for his work with iCoolkId & Thred Media and his change maker network.
Progress 1000
Science & Technology
The Evening Standard, UK
The Evening Standard awarded the prize in the category of Science & Technology for his work on iCoolKid.com
Youthtopia Activists 20 Under 20
Youthtopia Wolrd, Indonesia
Youthtopia placed Jenk on their first ever '20 Under 20 Global Activist List'.
TechRound 29 Under 29 Awards
TechRound Awards, USA
TechRound honours a list of young entrepreneurs every year and Jenk was fortunate to be named in 2019.
Top 20 Young Entrepreneur Awards
StartUps Magazine, USA
Startups magazine selected Jenk as one of twenty young entrepreneurs in the UK doing inspirational & original work
Amazon- AWS Activate Award
Amazon AWS, USA
Amazon awarded Jenk $20k that could be used toward both cloud based server costs and business services
Kids Screen Awards
Top 50 Finalist
Kids Screen Awards, USA
iCoolKid.com was chosen as one of three global companies that made it into the finals of the award competition
Little London Awards
Finalist
Little London, UK
Our first ever recognition for the site, iCoolKid made it into the final round of eight nominated companies
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Media Week 30 Under 30
Newcomer 2023
Hearst Media & Campaign Mag
Jenk has won the Hearst Media & Campaign Magazine Media Week 30 Under 30 Award for 2023.
Vodafone Shout Out for Small Business
Vodafone Business, UK
Thred Media won the Vodafone Small Business Competiton and with that came mentoring from Steven Bartlett.
Digiday 2022
Greater Good Awards
Digiday
Jenk was honoured for his work at Thred Media by Digiday- social change-related education.
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PPA Next Gen- 30 Under 30 Award 2023
Professional Publishers Ass., UK
Jenk received the Next Gen 30 Under 30 award for his work publishing Thred.com.
The British Citizen
Youth Award 2022
BCyA 2022, UK
Jenk received a medal of honour for his inspirational social change work aimed at British youth.
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Top 100 Digital Leaders 2021
Digital Leaders, UK
Celebrates individuals & orgs demonstrating a pioneering & sustainable approach to technology.
Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2022
Start-Up Awards National, UK
Jenk was an honoured for his work at Thred Media by the Start-Up Awards National Series.
Rise Scholarship
Foundation 2021
Rise Foundation, USA
Schmidt Futures+ Rhodes Trust sponsor the Rise Foundation Scholarship- global changemakers.
The Conversationalist
Unify Award 2021
The Conversationalist, USA
Jenk was an honoured for his work unifying change-makers globally around social change movements.
Future Minds Network 25 Under 25 Award
Future Minds Network, AU
Jnek was awarded this honour based on his young entrepreneurship work with Thred Media.
PMI Future 50 Leaders Award 2020
PMI 50, USA
Project Management Institute announced the 50 next generation leaders that are creating, building
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Best Website
Children 2018
Davey Awards, USA
Proudly won the Gold Award in our very first entry in the Website category at the Davey awards
Best Website
Teen 2018
W3 Digital Awards, USA
Proudly won the Silver Award in our very first 'Teen' category website competition
Best Website
Youth 2018
W3 Digital Awards
Proudly won the Silver Award in our very first 'Youth' category website competition
Best Website
Events 2017
W3 Digital Awards
Proudly won the Silver Award in our very first 'Event' category website competition
Best Website
Children 2017
W3 Digital Awards
Proudly won the Silver Award in our very first 'Children' category website competition
Top 20 Young Model
2017
Model Magazine
Jenk was voted one of the top young models globally by Model Magazine