Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, a Greek American businesswoman and syndicated journalist, is also a writer. She was co-founder of The Huffington Post, is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global as well an writer of 15 novels. Arianna Huffington, an independent liberal news site, is a television personality an author and philanthropist. Originating from Greece she moved to England when she was just 16 and graduated at the age of 16 from Cambridge University with an MA in Economics. At 21 she became president of the famous debating club The Cambridge Union' and was the first non-native student who was elected to this position. Following when she graduated, she was an influential conservative journalist who was syndicated. In the years later, she started The Huffington Post which featured criticism of the present political landscape. Her popularity helped to attract several well-known contributors who shared their opinions about news, politics and other topics. Arianna became famous during 2003 when she ran independently in a recall contest in California to succeed the governor at the time, Davis. Aside from that she was also the director of the Detroit Project for fuel-efficient cars. In 2009, she was acclaimed by Forbes as The most influential women in media gaining 12th place on the list. The same year Guardian placed her in their top 100 list of media. In the year 2011, AOL Inc. purchased The Huffington Post and made the president of that media group which included many existing AOL brands too, like Engadget AOL music Style list and Patch Media. Her parents were Elli and Konstantinos Stasinopoulos, a management consultant and journalist. While she was closely associated with her father it was the bond she had with her mother, which formed her life. From her childhood, she displayed the skills of leadership for which she has become well known. When she turned 16 she relocating to the United Kingdom to pursue her study and then enrolled in Girton College Cambridge. While in college she enrolled in the college debate organization Cambridge Union where she became the third foreign, and first female president. In 1972 she graduated with her master's degree in Economics. After graduation, she began working as a columnist critic, and a television host. Her appearance on Face the music with Bernard Levin was also noteworthy. She began to write books after obtaining his assistance in editing.