Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of The Huffington Post, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and the author of fifteen books. Her last two books, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder, both became instant international bestsellers.
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Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of The Huffington Post, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and the author of fifteen books. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from University of Cambridge where she earned a B. A. in economics. Her last two books, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder and The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time, both became instant international bestsellers. She has been named to Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list. She was a popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, after which, in the late- 1990s, she offered liberal points of view in public, while remaining involved in business endeavors. In 2003, she ran as an independent candidate for governor in the California recall election and lost. She became known as a reliable supporter of conservative causes such as Newt Gingrich’s Revolution and Bob Dole’s 1996 candidacy for president. She rose to national prominence during the unsuccessful Senate bid in 1994 by her then husband, Republican congressman Michael Huffington. In 2011, AOL acquired The Huffingtonpost for US$315 million, and made Huffington the President and Editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group.
As of 2014, she is listed by Forbes as the 52nd Most Powerful Woman in the World. On August 11, 2016, it was announced that she would step down from her role at The Huffington post to devote her time to a new startup, Thrives Global, focused on health and wellness information. In 1973, Arianna wrote a book titled The Female Woman, attacking the Women’s Liberation movement in general and Germaine Greer’s 1970 The Female Eunuch in particular. In 1981, she wrote a biography of Maria Callas, The Woman Behind the Legend– The Legend behind the Legend. She teamed up with liberal comedian Al Franken as the half of the conservative half of Bedfellows during Comedy Central’s coverage of Bedroom Central. She also appeared in an edition of Face the Music along with Bernard Levin. In 1971, Huffington appeared on BBC1’s late-night talk and entertainment show Saturday Night at the Mill, appearing in just 5 editions before being dropped from the program. From March to April 1980, Huffington joined Bob Langley as the co-host of Saturday Night At The Mill, before being replaced by Jenny Hanley. In 1980, she was the first foreign, and third female president of the Cambridge Union. She studied abroad in India, and told IANS in an email interview that India has long held a special place in her heart, from the time I went to study comparative religion at Visva-Bharati University.
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