Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington has been an Greek American columnist, author and entrepreneur for more than twenty years. She was co-founder of The Huffington Post, is the CEO and founder of Thrive Global as well an writer of 15 novels. Arianna Huffington is an independent liberal news site has a TV personality as well as a writer and charitable donor. When she moved into England from Greece at the age of 16 She earned an MA with Economics from Cambridge University. She was the first person who was not from the UK to become president of The Cambridge Union at the age of 21. Then she became a conservative syndicated writer after her graduation. When The Huffington Post launched a year later, she developed an online platform to voice opinions with a critique of current political scenarios. Arianna was able to attract several prominent contributors who posted their thoughts about politics and culture. Arianna's popularity was first noticed in 2003 when she became an independent candidate in the California recall election to succeed Governor Davis. Additionally she also led the Detroit Project for fuel-efficient cars. Forbes named her as one of the "most influential women" within the field of media, placing her at 12th. Guardian placed her on their list of the 100 top media personalities in 2009. AOL purchased The Huffington Post from AOL in the year 2011. In 2012, she became the President of the media division at AOL. It was comprised of several AOL owned properties like Engadget AOL Style List and Patch Media. Her parents were Elli and Konstantinos Stasinopoulos who was a management consultant and journalist. Her life was shaped by the closeness she had to her mother and her bond with her father, despite her being very close to the latter. She was a leader even in her early years. When she was 16, she moved from America to United Kingdom and enrolled Girton College Cambridge. She joined the Cambridge Union college debate society while in college and was the third and first female to serve as president. In 1972, her master's in Economics was awarded. After her graduation she worked as a critic for a newspaper column and as a host on television. Her appearance in Face the music with Bernard Levin was a notable one. She started writing books with his guidance for editing.