Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is a Greek American author syndicated columnist and a businesswoman. She's co-founder as well as director of Thrive Global, as well as the writer of fifteen books. Arianna Huffington has been television personality, journalist as well as a television philanthropist, author and TV philanthro for more than 10 years. In addition, she is the proprietor of The Huffington Post, an independently-liberal online newsmagazine. Born in Greece and immigrated to England at the age of 16. When she attended Cambridge University, she graduated with an MA at the level of economics. When she was 21, she was president of the renowned debating society The Cambridge Union' and was the very first foreign student who was elected to this position. After graduation she made her name as a conservative syndicated columnist and with the launch of The Huffington Post' few years later, she launched an online voice portal which gave critical opinions about the current political climate. Her fame led to the recruitment of a number of well-known contributors to post their perspectives on politics, news and the arts. Arianna was famous following her decision to run as independently in the California recall election in order to replace then Governor Davis. Apart from this she also was the leader of the Detroit project to promote fuel efficient cars. Forbes identified her as being the 12th most influential female on the planet in 2009 and Guardian has also placed her on the top 100 list of media the same year. AOL Inc. acquired The Huffington Post, and she was made president of the group of media. The acquisition included numerous AOL properties of the time like Engadget AOL style list and Patch Media. Elli was the youngest daughter of Konstantinos the journalist who is also a management consultant. Though she was close to her father, it was her bond with her mother which shaped her entire life. Even in her early childhood she showed the skills of leadership for which she is now well-known. When she turned 16 she moved to the United Kingdom to pursue her studies. She enrolled into Girton College Cambridge. At the time of her studies she was a member of the Cambridge Union debating group where she was elected the first female president, and also the only foreign president. In 1972, she earned a Masters in Economics. After graduating, she worked as a columnist critic, and a television host. Also, she appeared together with Bernard Levin in an episode of Face the music and started writing books using his assistance in editing.