Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (Greek American) is a Greek American writer, syndicated-columnist and businesswoman. She is a founder of The Huffington Post and the CEO of Thrive Global. Author of fifteen books. Arianna Huffington has worked as an actor, journalist as well as a philanthropist, author and journalist for more than 10 years. She also is the owner of The Huffington Post, an independently-liberal online newsmagazine. When she moved to England from Greece at 16 and obtaining an MA in Economics at Cambridge University. The first ever foreign-born student to serve as president in the prestigious debate club The Cambridge Union, at age 21 she took over the presidency. Following after her college graduation, she was a prominent Conservative syndicated journalist. In the years later, she founded The Huffington Post which featured critical commentary on the current political scene. She was able to get numerous prominent contributors to post their views regarding politics and culture. Arianna gained fame in 2003 when she decided to run as an independent candidate for the California recall vote to succeed the Governor Davis. Additionally, she was involved in a Detroit-based project that promoted cars that are fuel efficient. Forbes named her one of the "most powerful woman" in the media industry, placing her at 12th. Guardian placed her on their list of the 100 top media personalities in 2009. AOL, Inc. made her the President of their media company in 2011, after they acquired The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post was joined by other AOL brands like Engadget, AOLmusic Style list or Patch Media. She was the daughter of journalist and manager Konstantinos as well as his spouse Elli Stasinopoulos. Even though she was close with her father, the relationship she had with her mother shaped the remainder of her life. As a child, she showed leadership traits that she's still known for. At the age of 16, she returned to the UK to pursue her studies and was enrolled in Girton College Cambridge. As a student, she joined the Cambridge Union, a college debate group. As the third woman president, and also the first foreigner she held the position of head of the Cambridge Union. Her graduation was in 1972 and she earned the degree of Master's in Economics. Following her graduation, she was employed as a critic for a newspaper column and as a host on television. She also appeared alongside Bernard Levin in an episode of Face the music and started writing books using his editing assistance.