Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, a Greek American businesswoman and syndicated journalist is an author. She is co-founder of The Huffington Post the founder and chief executive officer of Thrive Global and the author of fifteen books. Arianna Huffington is a writer, philanthropist, television personality and owner of the independently liberal online newspaper The Huffington Post. She was born in Greece and moved to England at age 16. Then, at Cambridge University, she graduated with a MA in Economics. At 21 she became president of the renowned debating society The Cambridge Union' and was the first non-native student to do so. In the years following her graduation, she made a name as an independent syndicated columnist, and when the publication of The Huffington Post' few years later she created an online platform for voice that included critical comments on the political scenario. Her status as a celebrity helped by attracting a variety of high-profile contributors to write their own opinions regarding news in the field of culture and politics. Arianna gained fame in 2003 when she decided to be independently in the California recall election, to take over Governor Davis. Also, she was the head of a Detroit automobile project that was fuel efficient. Forbes identified her as being the 12th most influential woman in the media industry in 2009 and Guardian also included her on the top 100 list of media the same year. AOL Inc. purchased The Huffington Post, and she was named president of the group of media. This included many AOL products at the time like Engadget AOL style list and Patch Media. The parents of her were Elli as well as Konstantinos Stasinopoulos. They were a management consultant as well as a journalist. Although she was close with her father, it was the relationship she shared with her mother that formed her character. She showed leadership traits at an early age. When she moved to England, she was 16 to continue her education and was accepted into Girton College Cambridge. In the years of her university she was a member of the Cambridge Union debating group where she rose to become the first female president, and also the only foreign president. In 1972, she earned the degree of Master in Economics. Following her graduation, she was employed as a critic for a newspaper column and an anchor on a TV show. Then she appeared on an episode of Face the music along with Bernard Levin and began writing books taking editorial help from his.