Will Bentinck
William Jack Henry Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock, Graf Bentinck, known as Will Bentinck, is a British aristocrat, social entrepreneur and speaker.
Background and education
The elder son of the actor Tim Bentinck, and couture milliner Judith Ann Emerson, he was accorded the courtesy style of Viscount Woodstock upon his father inheriting the earldom of Portland.Bentinck attended Harrow School before going up to read Philosophy at Heythrop College, London, graduating BA with first-class honours in 2010.
Career
After graduating from London University, Bentinck co-founded The Ragged University, a free service offering peer-to-peer educational events inspired by the 19th-century English ragged schools. Later in 2010, Bentinck co-founded Levantine Links, a nonprofit organisation recruiting high-calibre UK graduates to provide English language programmes serving children and adults in Al-Hasakah, Syria, in collaboration with the Syriac Orthodox Church.In March 2012, Bentinck was named a Vodafone Foundation 'World of Difference' winner, receiving funding for an internship with Ashoka, a fellowship of some of the world's leading social entrepreneurs.
In 2012, Bentinck joined Enternships, founded by award-winning young entrepreneur Rajeeb Dey. He spoke at TEDxSquareMile, and a course leader for the Accelerator Academy, since 2014 Bentinck is a Tech London Advocate as Head of Careers at Makers Academy and Head of B2C Sales.