Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington has been a Greek American columnist, author and businesswoman for over 20 years. She co-founded The Huffington Post, is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global as well an writer of 15 novels. Arianna Huffington, an independently-owned liberal news site and a television host, author, and an philanthropist. After moving from Greece to England from Greece at 16 She earned an MA in Economics at Cambridge University. As the first foreign student to serve as president in the famous debate group The Cambridge Union, at 21, she was able to take over the position. Being a conservative syndicated blog, after graduating she became the voice of Huffington Post. Her celebrity status helped her by attracting a variety of high-profile contributors to share their opinions on news, politics, and other topics. Arianna's celebrity status was first noticed in 2003 when she became an independent candidate in the California recall election to succeed the then governor Davis. Also, she was the head of a Detroit fuel-efficient car project. In 2009 she was named by Forbes as one of the top female media personality, taking the 12th position in the list and in the same year Guardian included her in the top 100 media list. AOL Inc. purchased The Huffington Post, and she was made the president of this group. It included a variety of AOL properties at that time, including Engadget AOL style list and Patch Media. Their parents are Elli as well as Konstantinos Stasinopoulos, who was a consultant in management as well as a journalist. Even though she was close with her father, the relationship she had with her mother shaped the course of her entire life. As a child she demonstrated leadership skills that she still is known for. Her move to England came at sixteen to further her studies and then enrolled in Girton College Cambridge. While in college, she joined Cambridge Union's debate societies in the college and eventually was its first foreign and female president. She graduated in 1972 with a Master's Degree in Economics. Following her degree she became a columnist, critic and a host on TV. Her appearance in Face the music with Bernard Levin was a notable one. She began to write books with his guidance to edit.