Theodore Pappas
Theodore Pappas
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
BIOGRAPHY

For 25 years, Ted’s portfolio at Britannica has included a wide range of editorial and business-development initiatives. He is Executive Editor of Britannica.

After managing the editorial team for a number of years, he moved on to development and PR work. He has brokered editorial partnerships for Britannica with leading scholars, publishers, universities, and libraries around the world; worked on a variety of PR initiatives; and organized contributions to Britannica from a wide assortment of high-profile experts, from Nobel scholars and U.S. presidents to Hall of Fame athletes and TV and film stars.

He has also represented the company through extensive broadcast appearances in the U.S. and abroad, appearing on the NBC TODAY Show (multiple times), CBS Evening News, CNN, Fox News radio and television, NPR’s All Things Considered, and BBC Radio. For Britannica’s historic 250th anniversary in 2018, he also edited the Encyclopædia Britannica Anniversary Edition: 250 Years of Excellence (1768–2018). He is the author of four other books.

The father of three adult kids, he works from Scottsdale, AZ.