Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington resides in the United States and is a Greek-American writer, syndicated columnist and a businesswoman. 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 is an author, philanthropist, television personality and the owner of the independent open online newsmagazine The Huffington Post. Born in Greece Arianna Huffington immigrated to England with her family when she was 16 years old. While at Cambridge University she earned a MA Degree in Economics. As the first foreign student to hold the position of president in the famous debate group The Cambridge Union, at 21 years old she took over the position. Then she became a syndicated conservative writer following her graduation. When The Huffington Post launched a couple of years following, she launched an online voice platform which offered critiques of the political landscape. Her fame helped in attracting several famous contributors. Arianna's fame began in 2003, when she was a candidate for an independent for the California recall vote in order to replace the then governor Davis. Alongside this, she was the leader of the Detroit project to promote the use of fuel-efficient cars. Forbes named her as 12th on its top 10 list of Most influential women in the media. Guardian also included the HuffingtonPost in their top 100 list in the year 2010. AOL Inc. acquired The Huffington Post in 2011 and named her president of the media group, which also included the other AOL brands like Engadget AOL Music Style list and Patch Media. The parents of her were Elli as well as Konstantinos Stasinopoulos who was an expert in management and a journalist. Although she had a close connection to both of her parents but it was their connection that helped shape her. In her earliest years she displayed leadership qualities which are still widely admired. At 16 years of age she moved to the United Kingdom to pursue her education and was enrolled at Girton College Cambridge. When she was in college she was a member of the Cambridge Union's debate societies in the college and eventually was its first female and foreign president. In 1972, she earned the degree of master's in Economics. The career of a journalist and television host was born after graduation. She also appeared in the show Face the music along with Bernard Levin and began writing books, utilizing editorial guidance from his.