Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, a Greek American businesswoman and syndicated journalist, is also an author. She has written fifteen books, and she is co-founder the magazine The Huffington Post. Arianna Huffington has worked as a journalist, TV personality, philanthropist and author for more than ten years. She also is the founder of The Huffington Post, an independently-liberal online newsmagazine. She moved to Greece to England at the age of 16 and obtained a MA in Economics from Cambridge University in Economics. The first ever foreign-born student to hold the position of president of the highly regarded debating group The Cambridge Union, at age 21 she took on the role. She was a syndicated conservative writer following the graduation ceremony and, when The Huffington Post launched a year later, she developed an online platform for voice with a critique of current the political landscape. Her fame led to the recruitment of a number of prominent contributors to share their views on current events, politics and culture. Arianna was famous in 2003, when she ran as an independent in California recall election to succeed Governor Davis. Alongside this she was the leader of the Detroit Project for fuel-efficient cars. Forbes declared her to be one of the "most powerful woman" within the field of media, placing her at 12th. Guardian placed her on their list of the 100 top media personalities in 2009. In 2011 AOL Inc. bought The Huffington Post and made her the head of the media group which included many existing AOL products, such as Engadget AOL music Style list as well as Patch Media. She was born to a journalist and management consultant Konstantinos and his wife Elli Stasinopoulos. Her life was shaped through her relationship with her mother as well as her relationship with her father despite her being very close to the latter. In her earliest years she displayed leadership qualities which are still widely admired. at the age of 16 she emigrated into the United Kingdom to pursue her studies and enrolled in Girton College Cambridge. In her time at college, she joined the college debating society Cambridge Union where she became the first foreign president and was also the third female president. She graduated in 1972 with the degree of Master's in Economics. Her professional career as a journalist and television host began after she graduated. She appeared alongside Bernard Levin on an edition Face the music, and she began to write the books she wrote with Bernard Levin's assistance.