Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington has been an Greek American columnist, author and businesswoman for more than 20 years. She is a co-founder of The Huffington Post the founder and CEO of Thrive Global and the author of fifteen books. Arianna Huffington is an independent liberal news site and a television host author, author and philanthropist. Following her move from Greece to England from Greece at 16, she received a MA with a major in Economics from Cambridge University. The first ever foreign-born student to serve as president in the prestigious debating group The Cambridge Union, at 21 years old she took on the role. When she graduated, she made her mark as columnist in the conservative syndicated media and, with the launching of The Huffington Post' few years later, she launched an online voice portal which gave critical opinions regarding the state of affairs. The fame of Arianna helped in attracting several famous contributors. Arianna rose to fame in 2003 when she decided to contest as an independent candidate during the California recall vote to succeed the Governor Davis. Apart from this she also directed an Detroit project that promoted vehicles that are fuel efficient. In 2009 she was named by Forbes as one of the top female media personality, taking the 12th place on the list. The same year, the Guardian named her to the top 100 of media lists. In 2011, AOL Inc. bought The Huffington Post and made the president of that media company, which also included a number of then-existing AOL properties too such as Engadget AOL music Style list and Patch Media. Elli was the son of Konstantinos who was a Journalism and management expert. Her life was shaped through her relationship with her mother and her bond with her father even though she was very close to the latter. In her earliest years she displayed leadership qualities that are still highly regarded. She moved to England at 16, to pursue her education and was enrolled into Girton College Cambridge. In college, she was a member of the Cambridge Union, a college debate group. Being the third woman president and the first foreigner she was the president of the Cambridge Union. In 1972 she graduated with the degree of master's in Economics. She became a writer, a critic as well as a host on TV and columnist upon her graduation. She also appeared in the show Face the music along with Bernard Levin and began writing books, utilizing editorial guidance from his.