Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is a Greek American author syndicated columnist and businesswoman. She co-founded The Huffington Post, is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Thrive Global as well an writer of fifteen novels. Arianna Huffington is television personality, journalist an author, philanthropist on television and television for a decade. In addition, she is the owner of The Huffington Post, an independently-liberal online newsmagazine. Originating from Greece she came to England at the age of 16 and then graduated at the age of 16 from Cambridge University with an MA in Economics. She was elected president at the age of 21 of the famous debating club The Cambridge Union' and was the first non-native student to hold this title. She became a conservative syndicated author after her graduation and when The Huffington Post launched a few years afterwards, she was able to create an online voice platform that included criticisms about political events. Her site was able to bring in many prominent contributors to share their perspectives on culture as well as politics. Arianna was famous when she made the decision to contest as an independent candidate in the California recall election in order to replace then Governor Davis. Alongside this, she managed a Detroit project that promoted fuel efficient cars. In 2009, she was acclaimed by Forbes as one of the most influential women in media. She was ranked 12th place on the ranking. In the same year, the Guardian placed her in their top 100 of the media lists. AOL Inc. purchased The Huffington Post, and she became president of this group of media. This was a huge acquisition that included a number of AOL brands at the time such as Engadget AOL style list and Patch Media. Her parents were journalist and manager Konstantinos as well as his spouse Elli Stasinopoulos. The couple was close to her father, but it was her relationship with her mother who shaped her. She showed leadership traits even in her early years. Her move to England came at 16, to pursue her education and enrolled in Girton College Cambridge. When she was in the college years, she was a member of the college debate Society Cambridge Union where she became the first foreign and third female president. Her graduation was in 1972 and she earned an MA in Economics. She worked as a critic, a TV host and a columnist after her graduation. Then she appeared on the series Face the music along with Bernard Levin and began writing books, utilizing editorial guidance from him.