Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington has been an Greek American columnist, author and entrepreneur for more than twenty years. She co-founded The Huffington Post, is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Thrive Global as well an writer of 15 novels. Arianna Huffington, an independent liberal news site has a TV personality as well as a writer and philanthropist. Her birthplace was in Greece and relocated to England when she was 16. When she attended Cambridge University, she graduated with an MA in Economics. The famous debating society The Cambridge Union was her first presidency and she did it before the age of 21. After graduation she made her mark as columnist in the conservative syndicated media and with the launch of The Huffington Post' few years later, she developed an online voice platform that offered critical observations about the current political climate. She was able to get many prominent contributors to share their views regarding politics and culture. Arianna became famous when she ran in the California recall election to succeed Governor Davis. Alongside this, she directed a Detroit project that promoted the use of fuel-efficient cars. Forbes placed her at 12 on their list of the Top influential women in the media. Guardian also included the HuffingtonPost in their Top 100 list in the year 2010. In 2011, AOL Inc. acquired The Huffington Post and made the president of that media group which included many existing AOL properties, including Engadget AOL music Style list as well as Patch Media. She was the daughter of journalist and management consultant Konstantinos as well as his spouse Elli Stasinopoulos. Even though she was close to her father, her connection with her mother shaped the remainder of her life. Even during her formative times, she demonstrated leadership skills for which her name is still well-known. In her 16th year, she returned to the UK to study and enrolled at Girton College Cambridge. When she was in college she was a member of the Cambridge Union's colleges debating societies, and eventually was its first foreign and female president. In 1972 she received an honorary degree in Economics. Her professional career as TV host and journalist was born after graduation. In addition, she appeared alongside Bernard Levin in an episode of Face the music and started making books with his editing assistance.