Ariana Huffington Bio (Wiki)

Who is Ariana Huffington?

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington is the Founder of The Huffington Post, Founder, and CEO of Thrive Global.

She has been named one of Forbes’ Most Powerful Women.

Similarly, Time Magazine has listed her as one of the World’s 100 Most Influential People.

She is also an international bestselling author.

What are the birth facts of Ariana Huffington?

Arianna Stassinopoulos was born on July 15, 1950, in Athens, Greece, to Konstantinos Stasinopoulous and Elli Georgiadis-Stasinopoulous.

Her father, Stasinopoulous is a journalist and management consultant.

Her mother, Mrs. Stasinopoulous is a housemaker.

Ariana Huffington has a sister, Agapi Stasinopoulos, a best-selling author, Inspirational Speaker, and Thrives Global Facilitator.

They are of Greece-American origin.

Ariana Huffington: Education

Ariana Huffington finished her graduation with Honors in Economics from Girton College, Cambridge.

Later, she completed her Master’s Degree in 1972 with Honors in Economics from the University of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

Ariana Huffington also attended Visva-Bharati University, West Bengal, India to study Comparative Religion.

Ariana Huffington: Professional career

Writing career

Huffington author’s biographies, self-help volumes, and political books author. Till now, she has written 15 books. Some of them along with the year is

Year	Title
2016	The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
2014	Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
1996	Picasso: Creator and Destroyer
1978	After Reason

In the late ’80s, she was an article writer for ‘National Review’.
Music Career
In 1979, She had co-written the album Odes.
Business Career
In 2005, She co-founded Huffington's Post along with Kenneth Lerer, Jonah Peretti, and Andrew Breitbart which was ranked as the No 1, political site by eBizMBA.
In 2016, She founded Thrive Global.
She was on the Board of Directors for various organizations like Berggruen Institute, the Center for Public Integrity, Uber, and Onex Corporation

Media Appearances

Caption: Ariana Huffington’s professional life (Source: Magazine )

1980, co-hosted, BBC One with Bob Lonely.
Served as the radio panelist on ‘Any Question?’ and T.V panelist ‘Call My Bluff’, ‘Face the Music’
She hosted the website, Arriannaonline.com for Huffington Post.
2005, Panel speaker for California Democratic Party State Convention, Los Angeles
2008, work as the voice artist for ‘The Cleveland Show’.
2010, appeared in a sitcom, ‘How I Met Your Mother’
2012, become a LinkedIn influencer.

Politics

Before 2003, Ariana Huffington was a supporter of Republicans.

In 2003, she was an independent candidate for the 2003 recall election.

Eventually, on September 30, she dropped out.

However, since 2004, she has been with the Democratic Party.

Ariana Huffington: Awards, Nominations

2016, Honorary Degree from Colby College, Waterville, Maine.
2016, On Oprah Winfrey's SuperSoul100 list of visionaries and influential leaders.
2014, Forbes 52nd Most Powerful Woman in the World.
2009, Forbes 12th First-Ever Most Influential Women in Media.
2009, Guardian’s 42nd among the Top 100 in Media.

How much is the net worth of Ariana Huffington?

As of 2023, Ariana Huffington’s net worth is estimated to be $100 million.

Her earnings as Huffington’s Chief Editor are $61,213 per year.

In 2011, Ariana Huffington sold Huffington Post for $315 million to the site AOL.

At the time, she owned 30% of the equity on her website.

Body size

Ariana Huffington is a blue-eyed blonde.

Her height is 5 feet 10 inches.

Social Media

Ariana Huffington has around 1.31 million followers on Facebook, over 717k followers on Instagram, and more than 2.8 million followers on Twitter.

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