Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington resides in the US and is a Greek-American author, syndicated writer of columns and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of The Huffington Post the founder and CEO of Thrive Global and the author of fifteen books. Arianna Huffington works as an writer, journalist, TV host and the owner of The Huffington Post. She moved from Greece to England when she was 16 years old, and obtained a MA from Cambridge University in Economics. She was the first person who was not from the UK to be elected the president of The Cambridge Union at the age of 21. She became a syndicated conservative writer following the graduation ceremony and, when The Huffington Post launched a couple of years after, she created an online voice platform with a critique of current politics. The fame of Arianna led to the recruitment of a variety of renowned contributors. Arianna gained notoriety in 2003, when she ran as an independent candidate in the California recall election to succeed Governor Davis. In addition to this, she led the Detroit Project to develop fuel efficient cars. In 2009 she was named by Forbes as the most influential female media personality, taking the 12th position in the listing and the following year the Guardian included her in the top 100 media list. AOL, Inc. named her president of their media group in 2011 following the purchased The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post was joined by additional AOL brands such as Engadget AOLmusic Style list or Patch Media. Elli is the daughter of Konstantinos Stasinopoulos and Elli the other, both of whom are journalist and management consultants. She was extremely close to her father. But it was her relationship with her mother who shaped her. At a young age, she displayed her leadership skills for which she's still known. Her move to England came at sixteen to further her studies and was enrolled into Girton College Cambridge. While in college she was a member of the Cambridge Union's colleges debating societies, which she later became the first female and foreign president. In 1972, she graduated with an MA in Economics. After graduation, she began working as a columnist critic and an anchor on TV. Also, she appeared on an edition of Face the music along with Bernard Levin and began writing books, utilizing editorial guidance from his.