Harvey Jenkinson - Gravity

Harvey Jenkinson is co-founder and CEO at Gravity Active Entertainment Ltd. 

Originally from Bridlington, he studied at Hedland School, before taking his Yacht Master Training in 2001 after finding a passion for sailing. With this qualification he travelled all over the world, delivering yachts from France and South Africa to the Caribbean and based himself in the British Virgin Islands. 

He had a brief break from the yachting industry, as COO of a chemicals finishing start-up in Michigan, US for two years, before returning to yachting and working on the east coast of the US and St Martin from 2011 - 2014. 

In 2014, he returned to Bridlington to work with his childhood friend Michael Harrison and they founded Gravity, along with Simon Whicker, an ex-KPMG partner, who he had met in the Cayman Islands through his yachting career. 

Since the first trampoline park was established in Castleford, Harvey has grown the business as a Director, before taking the role of CEO in 2020. 

He is married, with one son and lives in Lund, East Yorkshire.

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Date Published: 11th March 2025