hi, i'mTheo Baker.
Journalist and author. George Polk Award winner. Stanford senior studying history and computer science. My debut book will be published by Penguin Press in May.
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New Book — Out May 19, 2026
How to Rule the World
An Education in Power at Stanford University
Teenagers in Silicon Valley are a commodity. They are plied with excess and access, and taught to cut corners. This book is a chronicle of the students being groomed to rule the world — and what they’re learning from those who already do. It is also the story of the coder-turned-journalist whose freshman year investigation triggered the resignation of Stanford’s president.
Penguin Press · 336 pages · May 2026
“Poignant, maddening, and genuinely hilarious, How to Rule the World is to be devoured — and fast, before Stanford buys up and sets fire to every copy. (Talk about a burn book!)”— Mark Leibovich, #1 NYT Bestselling Author of This Town