Arianna Huffington is a Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. Arianna Huffington is best known as co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. Arianna Huffington is the ex-wife of former Republican congressman Michael Huffington.

In 2009, Arianna was named as number 12 in Forbes` first-ever list of the Most Influential Women In Media. Arianna Huffington has also moved up to number 42 in The Guardian`s Top 100 in Media List.

Arianna is the daughter of Konstantinos and Elli Stassinopoulous, and is the sister of Agapi. To this day, she still speaks with a marked Greek accent. She moved to England at the age of 16 and attended Girton College at Cambridge University where in 1971, she was President of the Cambridge Union Society, the third woman to hold the position, and graduated with a MA.