Danny Bent
- Guinness World Record holder, celebrated adventurer and tribe leader
- Voted one of the 100 happiest people in the UK whose passion is ‘motivating people to be the best version of themselves’
- ‘Raised over $1M for charity
- Award-winning author of two motivational books and global brand ambassador
Danny Bent first caught the public eye in the United Kingdom when he was placed second in the BBC’s Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week. This BBC show sees different special forces experts from across the globe test Britain’s toughest, fittest recruits, trying to break them.
Danny’s mission in life is to inspire people to do more, to give more, and to live more. Motivating people to be the best version of themselves is Danny’s passion and trade. Living dreams, facing fears, and loving themselves, others and life with abandon are his tool kit.
An award-winning author (despite being dyslexic), Danny is also a journalist, avid blogger, and adventurer.
In his books, ‘You’ve Gone Too Far This Time Sir’ and ‘Not All Superheroes Wear Capes’, Danny Bent shares his incredible experiences and lessons learned.
In ‘You’ve Gone Too Far This Time Sir’, for example, he details his 9000-mile ride from London to India, how he was chased by wild dogs, held up at gunpoint, and woke up one morning with maggots crawling around in his beard.
‘Not All Superheroes Wear Capes’, on the other hand, sees him tell the story behind One Run For Boston, a coast to coast 3,328-mile continuous running relay spanning the united states. This run created an incredibly supportive community and raised almost $600,000 for those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings.
Danny Bent, also organised the longest relay ever, running a total of 4,000 miles in London in 2018 to help break down gang culture. This has secured him his second Guinness World Record. He has also represented Great Britain at Triathlon.
Danny is a serial fundraiser, and his relays have changed thousands of lives. His Free Fitness initiative, Project Awesome, has got tens of thousands of people out of bed and into shape across the UK.
His positivity led to him being named one of the top 100 happiest people in the UK and his actions and communities led to him being announced as one of the top 50 inspirational people in London. Danny Bent possesses infectious energy, passion, and positivity that will leave the room buzzing.
Brand Ambassador
Danny has been chosen for numerous promotional campaigns and brand ambassador representation on behalf of brands which include;
Asics, London Pride, Rude Health, Citroen, Ikea, Innocent, Water in a Box, Nakd Wholefoods, Lucozade, Cotswolds Outdoor, Buff, Salomon, Pimms, Nestle, Toyota, Ragnar, Run Keeper.
Danny Bent – Speaker
Danny Bent, as a speaker, is honest, inspirational, and authentic, speaking from the heart while relating his stories and passion for life. He talks on topics from ‘Happiness of being you’ to ‘Not your usual leadership‘ to ‘Are you sitting comfortably?’ Each talk comes with lessons for life and business and a good dollop of self-depreciating humour.
He has addressed many global brands and audiences across the globe, including the likes of Google, Innocent, Nestle, Twitter, HSBC, Toyota, National Geographic, and the Royal Geographic Society.
Motivational Speaking Topics
- Storytelling: Danny has lived the equivalent of 40 lives so far in his first 40 years. He also has tales of enough near misses to worry a cat. Listen to his stories as he takes you on a rollercoaster ride through his life and into the lives of those who join his quest to brighten the lives of humanity.
- Leadership: Not your usual leadership talk. Danny is a serial community builder (tribes he calls them). His strength is his leadership style. Learn why thousands of people follow Danny’s tune. His methods create a dynamic that makes these people follow him wherever he is going, all over the world. When you’ve finished laughing you’ll reflect back and see the lessons entrenched in this talk.
- Happiness: Listen to Danny’s unique and unconventional keynotes full of stories and anecdotes on how you can bring happiness and positivity to your life. His keynotes on happiness are based on the following five headlines: Face your fears, Find the chink of positivity, Help people, Be in the now & Find your tribe.
- Team Building Workshop: Workshops about improving mental health and wellbeing whilst making people more confident to stand up and be comfortable in their own skin. This fun workshop is all about breaking down the barriers that are the very things that hold people back from being the greatest possible version of ourselves. The workshop outcomes are: Relieving stress. Improving brain function. Stimulating the mind and imagination. Improving the connection to others and finding the creativity that lies within all of us.