Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, a Greek American businesswoman and syndicated journalist, is also an author. She founded The Huffington Post, is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global as well an writer of 15 novels. Arianna Huffington, an independent liberal news site has a TV personality author, author and charitable donor. She moved to Greece to England aged 16 where she obtained a MA in Economics from Cambridge University in Economics. The first ever foreign-born student to be elected president in the prestigious debate group The Cambridge Union, at age 21 she took on the role. Her popularity as a conservative columnist was consolidated after she completed her studies. When the Huffington Post was launched The Huffington Post a few year later, she established an online voice portal that offered critical opinions on the state of the nation's politics. The celebrity she enjoyed enabled her to get a variety of celebrities to contribute their opinion about current affairs, culture and politics. Arianna first gained notoriety in 2003 as she stood in the California recall election to succeed Governor Davis. Additionally she was the leader of the Detroit Project to develop fuel efficient cars. Forbes declared her to be one of the "most important woman" in media with her ranking at the 12th spot. Guardian placed her on their list of 100 most important media figures in 2009. AOL Inc. bought The Huffington Post in 2011 and appointed her president of the media group, which also included the other AOL products like Engadget AOL Music Style list as well as Patch Media. Her parents were Elli as well as Konstantinos Stasinopoulos, a management consultant and journalist. While she was very close with her father, it was her bond with her mother that shaped her life. In her early years, she displayed her leadership skills for which she's still known. When she was 16 she emigrated into the United Kingdom to pursue her education and was enrolled at Girton College Cambridge. When she was in college, she joined Cambridge Union's colleges debating societies, where she eventually became its first foreign and female president. In 1972, her Master's in Economics was awarded. Following her graduation, she was employed as a columnist critic, and an anchor on TV. She was a guest on Bernard Levin on an edition Face the music, and she began writing her own novels with his help.