Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, a Greek American businesswoman and syndicated journalist, is also an author. She was the founder of The Huffington Post and the chief executive officer of Thrive Global. Author of more than 15 books. Arianna Huffington is an author TV personality, philanthropist, and owner of the independently liberal online news magazine The Huffington Post. She moved to Greece to England when she was 16 years old, and earned an MA from Cambridge University in Economics. In her 21st year, she was head of the famous debate society The Cambridge Union' and was the first foreign student to do so. Following graduation, she left her name as columnist in the conservative syndicated media and, with the launching of The Huffington Post' few years later, she developed an online voice portal which provided critical views about the current political climate. The fame of her name helped in getting several high-profile contributors to share their opinions about news from the world of politics and culture. Arianna was famous when she made the decision in 2003 to stand as an independent candidate for the California Recall election to succeed former Governor Davis. Additionally she was the leader of the Detroit Project to develop fuel efficient cars. Forbes named her one of the "most powerful women" in media and ranked her 12th. Guardian placed her on their list of the 100 most influential media people in 2009. AOL bought The Huffington Post from AOL in the year 2011. She was then made the head of the AOL media group. It included a number of AOL owned properties like Engadget AOL Style List and Patch Media. Elli is the child of Konstantinos, a Journalism and management expert. Even though she was close with father, her relationship with her mother shaped the remainder of her life. She was a leader even in her early years. When she was 16 years old her family moved to England in the United Kingdom for her higher education. At Girton College Cambridge. While in college she joined Cambridge Union, a college debate group. As the third woman president and first foreigner, she held the position of head of the Cambridge Union. Her graduation was in 1972 and she earned a Master's Degree in Economics. After the graduation ceremony, she became a critic columnist and television host. Alongside Bernard Levin she appeared on an episode of Face the music.