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 chief executive officer and co-founder of Thrive Global as well an writer of 15 novels. Arianna Huffington is an author, television personality, philanthropist as well as the owner and editor of The Huffington Post. Born in Greece then moved to England when she was 16. When she attended Cambridge University, she graduated with a MA of Economics. She was the first person who was not from the UK to serve as the president of The Cambridge Union at the age of 21. After the graduation ceremony, she was a well-known conservative syndicated journalist. A few more years after that she launched The Huffington Post which featured critical commentary on the current political landscape. The fame of Arianna helped to attract several well-known contributors for posting their views on current events as well as politics and culture. Arianna was famous when she made the decision in 2003 to run as an Independent Candidate in the California Recall election to succeed the Governor Davis. Alongside this, she led the Detroit Project to develop fuel efficient cars. Forbes declared her to be as one of the "most powerful female" within the field of media, placing her at 12th. Guardian placed her on their list of the 100 most influential media people in 2009. In 2011, AOL Inc. bought The Huffington Post and made her the head of the media company, which also included a number of at the time-current AOL properties too such as Engadget AOL music Style list and Patch Media. Elli is the child of Konstantinos who was a management and journalism consultant. Even though she was close with father, her relationship with her mother shaped the course of her entire life. In her earliest times, she demonstrated abilities to lead, and for this are still prominently known. When she was 16 she relocated back to United Kingdom to pursue her studies and enrolled in Girton College Cambridge. She was a member of Cambridge Union, the Cambridge Union college debate society during her time at college in which she became the third and first female to be elected president. In 1972, her master's in Economics was conferred. She became a writer, a critic television host, and columnist upon her graduation. Her appearance in Face the music with Bernard Levin was also noteworthy. She began to write books with his guidance for editing.