Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington has been a Greek American columnist, author and businesswoman for more than 20 years. She is the co-founder and CEO of Thrive Global, as well as the author of 15 books. Arianna Huffington is a writer TV personality, philanthropist, as well as the proprietor of the independently liberal online news magazine The Huffington Post. When she moved into England from Greece when she was 16, she received a MA with a major in Economics from Cambridge University. The first ever foreign-born student to be elected president of the highly regarded debate group The Cambridge Union, at age 21 she took on the role. Her popularity as a conservative journalist was further consolidated when she finished her degree. When the Huffington Post was launched The Huffington Post a few months later, she launched an online platform for voice that gave critical opinions on the state of the nation's politics. In part, her fame helped in attracting several famous contributors. Arianna became famous when she made the decision to contest independently for the California recall election to replace the then governor Davis. Aside from that, Arianna was also the leader of a Detroit initiative to promote fuel-efficient automobiles. She was named one of the Most Popular Women in Media in 2009 by Forbes in 2009 and was awarded 12th position on that list. That same year Guardian named her on the Top 100 Media List. AOL acquired The Huffington Post from AOL in the year 2011. Then she was appointed the President of AOL's media group. It included a number of AOL owned properties like Engadget AOL Style List and Patch Media. Elli Stasinopoulos was a daughter of Konstantinos the manager's advisor as well as journalist. They were very close to her father. However, it was her bond with her mother which formed her. She was a leader from the beginning. In the year she turned 16years old, she emigrated from America to United Kingdom and enrolled Girton College Cambridge. In the years of her university, she belonged to Cambridge Union. Cambridge Union debating group where she rose to become the first woman and the sole foreign president. In 1972, she earned a Masters in Economics. Her career as a journalist and television host was born after graduation. In addition, she appeared together with Bernard Levin in an episode of Face the music and started creating books with his editing assistance.