Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington resides in the United States and is a Greek-American writer, syndicated columnist as well as a businesswoman. She is the author of fifteen books and is the cofounder of The Huffington Post. Arianna Huffington is a writer and philanthropist as well as a television host as well as the proprietor of the independently open online newsmagazine The Huffington Post. She emigrated to Greece to England when she was 16 years old, and earned an MA in Economics from Cambridge University in Economics. Being the first non-English-speaking student to graduate, she was elected President of The Cambridge Union' at the age of 21. Then she became an author for a conservative newspaper after her graduation. When The Huffington Post launched a couple of years following, she launched an online platform for voice which offered critiques of politics. The fame she gained enabled her to get a variety of stars to voice their views on current events, political and culture. Arianna's fame was first noticed in 2003 when she was a candidate for an independent for the California recall vote in order to replace Governor Davis. The project she headed was a Detroit energy-efficient vehicle project. In 2009 she was named by Forbes as the most influential female media personality, taking the 12th position on their list. The same year the Guardian named her to the top 100 list of media. AOL Inc. purchased The Huffington Post in 2011 and named her the president of their media company and also included several other AOL brands like Engadget AOL Music Style list and Patch Media. She was born to a journalist and manager Konstantinos and his wife Elli Stasinopoulos. The way she lived her life was determined by the closeness she had to her mother, and the bond she shared with her dad, even though she was very close to the latter. At an early age, she showed leadership abilities that remain highly respected. When she was 16, she moved from America to United Kingdom and enrolled Girton College Cambridge. While in college, she joined Cambridge Union's debate societies in the college where she eventually became its first female and foreign president. She graduated in 1972 with a master's degree in Economics. Her career as TV host and journalist started after her graduation. She appeared alongside Bernard Levin on an edition Face the music, and she began writing her own books with his assistance.