Primary Job Title Founder & CEO Primary Organization 
Bently Holdings
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Christopher Bently moved to San Francisco in 1984 where he immediately developed a deep love for the city, its architecture, and its people. Today he is an avid environmentalist, musician and businessman with an affinity for foreign languages and travel. In 2001 he founded Bently Holdings, an environmentally conscious investment and holding company
focused on architecturally significant and historic buildings as well as preserving open land. Working to maintain the harmonic balance between nature and civilization also prompted the endeavor of Bently Biofuels, which produces biodiesel processed from waste vegetable oil for consumer and agricultural use.
It was his first voyage to Black Rock City that revolutionized his life. The Playa is where he learned of a community based solely on gifting, art, music, self-reliance, and love. This profound experience prompted a major course correction in his life and made him the awarded philanthropist he is today. He advises and sits on the board of several organizations, both for-profit and nonprofit, that are associated with preserving the environment or the arts. Chris is a very proud member of the communities of San Francisco and Black Rock City, and is always working to improve, maintain and merge the spirit and integrity of both.
