Ted Prince

Business leader, Explorer, Filmmaker, Lawyer, Technologist

Edward M. Prince Jr. is Chief Operating Officer of National Geographic Global Media and President of National Geogrphic Ventures, groups that combines all of National Geographic's consumer media assets. Prince focuses on global operations and the digital growth of all these media entities, from magazines, movies and music to books, television and digital media. Prince oversees various divisions, including National Geographic Television, National Geographic Kids Entertainment, National Geographic Music & Radio, National Geographic Cinema Ventures, National Geographic Films, National Geographic Digital Media (including nationalgeographic.com), National Geographic Maps, National Geographic Home Entertainment and National Geographic Channels (a joint venture with Newscorp). In addition, Prince oversees technology, marketing and corporate development, mobile, video games, digital distribution and international distribution (through National Geographic Television International) for NGV. Prince sits on the boards of National Geographic Ventures, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channel International and ePals. Prior to joining NGV, Prince was senior vice president, strategy & business development, at America Online, where he led a team responsible for developing strategic plans and negotiating partnerships for the AOL Broadband division. He oversaw all deals with cable, satellite, telephony and media companies. He also held other positions at AOL, managing alliances, business initiatives, acquisitions and investments in media, telecommunications and technology companies for AOL Anywhere (mobile services, voice portal, unified messaging and internet telephony), AOL TV, AOL Technology and AOL Web Properties. Before working at AOL, Prince was director of corporate development at Pathnet, a start-up telecommunications company located in Washington, D.C. He was also an attorney at Shaw Pittman, a Washington, D.C.-based firm, where he practiced corporate and regulatory law. Prince holds a J.D. from Duke University, an M.A. in natural resource economics from Duke University and a B.A. in history from Yale University. He lives in Chevy Chase, Md. Prince is on the Board of the Duke School of Environment.

Media can save the world.

Cable television product development and operations, Digital media, Entertainment, Gaming, Mobile & Wireless, Publishing & New Media, TV Production and Management