Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is a Greek American author syndicated columnist and businesswoman. She is co-founder of The Huffington Post the founder and chief executive officer of Thrive Global and the author of fifteen books. Arianna Huffington has worked as a journalist, TV personality, television philanthropist and author for more than 10 years. She also is the founder of The Huffington Post, an openly-liberal newsmagazine online. Originating from Greece Arianna Huffington immigrated to England with her family when she was sixteen years of age. While at Cambridge University she earned a MA diploma in Economics. When she was 21, she was president of the renowned debating society The Cambridge Union' and was the first foreign student in the history of Cambridge University to be elected. The years that followed her graduation, she was an important conservative syndicated journalist. After a few years after that she launched The Huffington Post which featured critiques of the current political scene. Her site was able to bring in numerous prominent contributors who shared their perspectives on culture as well as politics. Arianna became famous after she decided to candidly run as an independent candidate for the California Recall Election to replace Governor Davis. In addition, she led an Detroit project to promote the use of fuel-efficient cars. Forbes named her as the 12th most influential woman in media in 2009, and Guardian also included her on the Top 100 List of Media the same year. AOL Inc. acquired The Huffington Post, and the post was made president by the media company. This was a huge acquisition that included a number of AOL properties at the time such as Engadget AOL style list and Patch Media. Elli was the youngest daughter of Konstantinos the journalist who was also a business consultant. Even though she was in a close friendship with both her mother and father but it was their connection that helped shape her. While in her formative times, she demonstrated leadership skills for which she remains well-known. When she was 16 she emigrated to the United Kingdom to pursue her education and was enrolled at Girton College Cambridge. In her time at college, she joined the debating organization Cambridge Union where she became the first foreign president and was also the third female president. Her graduation was in 1972 and she earned an MA in Economics. She became a writer, a critic as well as a host on TV and a columnist after her graduation. Her appearance on Face the music with Bernard Levin was also notable. She started writing books, taking his help in editing.