Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, a Greek American businesswoman and syndicated journalist, is also an author. She co-founded The Huffington Post the founder and chief executive officer of Thrive Global and the author of 15 books. Arianna Huffington works as an writer, philanthropist and television host, and also the proprietor of The Huffington Post. Her birthplace was Greece she relocated to England at the age of sixteen and then completed her studies at Cambridge University with an MA in Economics. The famous debating society The Cambridge Union was her first presidency and she did it before the age of 21. Her popularity as a columnist of the conservative side was confirmed after she completed her studies. 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 political situation. Her popularity enabled her to get a variety of stars to voice their views on current events, political and culture. Arianna became famous in 2003 after she decided to stand as an independent candidate in the California recall vote to succeed the Governor Davis. The project she headed was an Detroit automobile project that was fuel efficient. Forbes declared her to be as one of the "most important women" in the media industry and ranked her 12th. Guardian placed her on their list of 100 most influential media people in 2009. In 2011 AOL Inc. acquired The Huffington Post and made her president of that media company, which also included a number of existing AOL properties too such as Engadget AOL music Style list as well as Patch Media. She was born to a journalist and management consultant Konstantinos as well as his spouse Elli Stasinopoulos. They were very close to her father, but it was the relationship she had with her mother that shaped her. From her early years, she showed leadership abilities that remain highly respected. When she was 16years old, she emigrated from America to United Kingdom and enrolled Girton College Cambridge. In college, she was a member of the Cambridge Union, a college debating club. As the third woman president and the first foreigner she held the position of head of Cambridge Union. In 1972 she received an honorary degree in Economics. Following her degree, she was a columnist-critic and TV host. In addition, along with Bernard Levin she appeared on an episode of Face the music.