Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington resides in the US. She is a Greek-American writer, syndicated journalist as well as a businesswoman. She was the founder of The Huffington Post and the director of Thrive Global. Author of over 15 books. Arianna Huffington is a journalist, writer, philanthropist and television host, and also the proprietor of The Huffington Post. Following her move from Greece to England from Greece at the age of 16 and obtaining an MA with Economics from Cambridge University. Being the first non-English-speaking student to graduate, she was elected president of The Cambridge Union' at the age of 21. Her success as a conservative columnist was consolidated after she graduated. With the introduction of The Huffington Post a few years later, she created an online voice portal that offered an honest assessment of the current state of the nation's politics. Her popularity helped her to convince several celebrities to contribute their opinion on current events, as well as politics and culture. Arianna was famous when she decided in 2003 to become an Independent Candidate for the California Recall Election to replace the former governor Davis. She was also involved in the Detroit-based initiative that advocated for fuel-efficient automobiles. Forbes declared her to be as one of the "most powerful woman" in media with her ranking at the 12th spot. Guardian placed her on their list of the 100 top media personalities in 2009. In 2011, AOL Inc. purchased The Huffington Post and made her the head of the media group which included many at the time-current AOL properties too such as Engadget AOL music Style list as well as Patch Media. She was the daughter of journalist and management consultant Konstantinos along with his partner Elli Stasinopoulos. Even though she was close with her father, the relationship she had with her mother shaped the rest of her life. She showed leadership traits even in her early years. She moved to England at 16 to continue her education and was accepted into Girton College Cambridge. As a student, she joined the Cambridge Union, a college debate club. Being the third woman president and the first foreigner she held the position of head of Cambridge Union. She graduated in 1972 with a Master's Degree in Economics. She was a journalist television host, as well as a columnist following her graduation. She was on the show with Bernard Levin on an edition Face the music, and she began to write her own books with his help.