Theo Baker is an undergraduate at Stanford University. His reporting led to former Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s resignation and made Baker the youngest-ever recipient of the prestigious George Polk Award. His debut book HOW TO RULE THE WORLD will be published by Penguin Press in May 2026. Baker’s other writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Magazine, The New York Times, and elsewhere. His reporting has been honored with the Dan Rather Medal for News and Guts, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence, among other honors. Baker will graduate from Stanford in June 2026.

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