Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (Greek American) is a Greek American writer, syndicated-columnist and businesswoman. She's co-founder as well as the CEO of Thrive Global, as well as the writer of fifteen books. Arianna Huffington, an independent Liberal news site has a TV personality an author and charitable donor. Originating from Greece she came to England in the year 16 and then graduated from Cambridge University with an MA in Economics. She was elected president at the age of 21 of the renowned debating society The Cambridge Union' and was the first foreign student to hold this title. She joined the conservative syndicated author after her graduation and, with The Huffington Post launched a year later, she developed an online voice platform that offered criticisms on political scenarios. Her fame and popularity helped in bringing on a host of well-known contributors to share their opinions regarding news in the field of culture and politics. Arianna became famous when she made the decision to run as independently in the California recall election to replace the then governor Davis. She also headed an Detroit initiative to make cars more fuel efficient. She was ranked 12th in Forbes's list of the most influential female journalists. At the time, Guardian listed her among the top 100 media personalities. The year 2011 saw AOL Inc. purchased The Huffington Post and made her the head of that media unit, which comprised of many existing AOL products, such as Engadget AOL music Style list as well as Patch Media. She was the daughter of journalist and manager Konstantinos and wife Elli Stasinopoulos. Though she shared a kinship friendship with both her mother and father and father, it was their relationship that shaped her. In her earliest years she displayed ability to lead that is well-known. At 16 years of age she moved to the United Kingdom to pursue her study and then enrolled in Girton College Cambridge. She was a member of in the Cambridge Union college debate society while in college, where she was the first woman who was elected the president. In 1972, she graduated with an MA in Economics. Following her graduation, she was employed as a columnist and critic and an anchor on a TV show. In addition, she appeared alongside Bernard Levin in an episode of Face the music and started writing books using his assistance in editing.