Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is a Greek American author syndicated columnist as well as a businessperson. She was co-founder of The Huffington Post, is the CEO and founder of Thrive Global as well an writer of 15 novels. Arianna Huffington is a philanthropist, author television host, and proprietor of the online, independent newsmagazine The Huffington Post. Her birthplace was Greece she came to England when she was just 16 and then graduated from Cambridge University with an MA in Economics. As the first non-English speaking student, she was elected the president of The Cambridge Union' at age 21. In the years following her graduation, she made a impression as an editorialist for the conservative syndicate and when the publication of The Huffington Post' few years later, she launched an online voice portal which gave critical opinions on the political scenario. Her popularity led to the recruitment of a number of well-known contributors to post their perspectives about news, politics and the arts. Arianna was famous after she was elected as an independent candidate in the recall vote in California for the seat of then-Governor Davis. Additionally, she directed a Detroit campaign to increase the use of fuel efficient cars. In 2009, she was ranked by Forbes as one of the most influential female media personality, taking the 12th position in the list and in the same year the Guardian named her to the top 100 list of media. AOL Inc. acquired The Huffington Post in 2011 and named her the director of its media company and also owned other AOL products like Engadget AOL Music Style list and Patch Media. Elli is the child of Konstantinos, a journalist who is also a management consultant. Although she was close to her father it was the relationship she shared with her mother which shaped her character. From her childhood she displayed skills of leadership for which she has become well known. In her 16th year she started her studies at her native United Kingdom at Girton College Cambridge. In the years of her university she was a member of the Cambridge Union debating group where she was elected the first woman and the only foreign president. In 1972, she earned her master's degree in Economics. After when she graduated, she was an anchor on television and a columnist. Also, she appeared on an episode of Face the music along with Bernard Levin and began writing books taking editorial help from Bernard Levin.