Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington has been a Greek American columnist, author and entrepreneur for more than twenty years. She co-founded The Huffington Post, is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Thrive Global as well an writer of 15 novels. Arianna Huffington is an writer, philanthropist and television host, and also the proprietor of The Huffington Post. Her birthplace was Greece she moved to England when she was sixteen and then was able to graduate from Cambridge University with an MA in Economics. When she was 21, she became the president of the famed debate club The Cambridge Union' and was the first foreign student who was elected to this position. Following graduation, she left her name as columnist in the conservative syndicated media as well as with the introduction of The Huffington Post' few years later, she launched a voice-based website that provided critical views about the current political climate. The fame of Arianna helped in attracting several famous contributors. Arianna rose to fame when she made the decision to contest as an independent candidate for the California recall vote to succeed then Governor Davis. Alongside this she was the leader of the Detroit Project for fuel-efficient cars. Forbes listed her 12th in its list for the Most Influential Media Women. Guardian also included the Huffington Post in their top 100 list in 2010. AOL Inc. acquired The Huffington Post in 2011 and named her head of its media division and also included several other AOL brands like Engadget AOL Music Style list as well as Patch Media. She was born to a journalist and management consultant Konstantinos as well as his spouse Elli Stasinopoulos. They were very close to her father. But it was her relationship with her mother who shaped her. When she was a teen, she showed leadership traits that she's still known for. When she was 16years old, she emigrated from America to the United Kingdom and enrolled Girton College Cambridge. During her college days she was a member of the college debate group Cambridge Union where she became the first foreign president and was also the third female president. She graduated in 1972 with a degree in Economics. After her graduation, she was a critic columnist and television host. The appearance she made in Face the music with Bernard Levin was a notable one. She began to write books, taking his help to edit.