Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is a Greek American author syndicated columnist and businesswoman. She has written fifteen books and is the cofounder the magazine The Huffington Post. Arianna Huffington is a writer TV personality, philanthropist, as well as the proprietor of the independently open online newsmagazine The Huffington Post. She emigrated out of Greece to England at the age of 16 and obtained a MA at Cambridge University in Economics. When she was 21, she became the president of the famed debate society The Cambridge Union' and was the first non-native student in the history of Cambridge University to be elected. Being a conservative syndicated blog when she graduated, she was able to be an influential voice for the Huffington Post. Her celebrity status helped her by attracting a variety of high-profile contributors to share their opinions about news from the world of politics and culture. Arianna became famous in 2003 when she decided to stand as an independent candidate during the California recall vote to succeed the Governor Davis. In addition to this, she led the Detroit Project for efficient vehicles that use less fuel. Forbes named her as 12th on its list for the Most Influential Media Women. Guardian also included the Huffington Post in their Top 100 list in 2010. AOL bought The Huffington Post from AOL in the year 2011. Then she was appointed the President of the AOL media group. The group included several AOL-owned properties, such as Engadget AOL Style List and Patch Media. She was born to a journalist and management consultant Konstantinos along with his partner Elli Stasinopoulos. The way she lived her life was determined by the closeness she had to her mother as well as her relationship with her dad, even though she was very close to her father. Even in her formative age, she displayed the qualities of a leader and is a household name. At 16 years of age she emigrated back to United Kingdom to pursue her education and was enrolled at Girton College Cambridge. While in college and was in Cambridge Union, she joined the colleges debating societies, where she eventually became its first foreign female president. In 1972, her master's in Economics was awarded. After her graduation, she worked as a critic columnist and television host. Alongside Bernard Levin she appeared on the show Face the music.