Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington has been an Greek American columnist, author and businesswoman for over 20 years. She founded The Huffington Post and the director of Thrive Global. Author of fifteen books. Arianna Huffington is an writer, philanthropist and television host, and owner of The Huffington Post. She was born in Greece and relocated to England at age sixteen. At Cambridge University, she graduated with a MA in economics. When she was 21, she became the president of the renowned debate society The Cambridge Union' and was the first foreign born student in the history of Cambridge University to be elected. In the years following her graduation, she became a prominent conservative syndicated journalist. After a few years later, she founded The Huffington Post which featured critiques of the current political scene. Arianna was able to attract numerous prominent contributors to post their thoughts regarding politics and culture. Arianna became famous in 2003 when she ran as an independent in California recall elections to replace Governor Davis. Alongside this, she led an Detroit project that promoted fuel efficient cars. Forbes listed her as one of one of the "most influential female" within the field of media and ranked her 12th. Guardian placed her on their list of the 100 most influential media people in 2009. AOL acquired The Huffington Post from AOL in 2011. Then she was appointed the president of the media division at AOL. The group included several AOL-owned brands, including Engadget AOL Style List and Patch Media. Elli was born to Konstantinos Stasinopoulos, and Elli and Konstantinos Stasinopoulos, who both are journalist and management consultants. Her character was formed by the closeness she had to her mother as well as her relationship with her father despite her being very close to the latter. As a child, she showed leadership traits that she still is known for. When she was 16 she moved into the United Kingdom to pursue her education and was enrolled at Girton College Cambridge. In college, she was a member of the Cambridge Union, a college debating club. The third female president and first foreigner, she held the position of head for the Cambridge Union. In 1972, she graduated with an MA in Economics. In the years following her degree she became a columnist, critic and TV host. Also, with Bernard Levin she appeared on an edition of Face the music.