Arianna Huffington is a Greek-born American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known for her liberal news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she adopted liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s. She is the ex-wife of former Republican congressman Michael Huffington. In 2003, she ran as an independent candidate for Governor in the California recall election. In 2009, Huffington was named as number 12 in Forbes' first-ever list of the Most Influential Women In Media. She has also moved up to number 42 in The Guardian's Top 100 in... Media List. In 2011, AOL acquired The Huffington Post for US$315 million and made Huffington president and editor in chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, which included The Huffington Post and then-existing AOL properties such as Engadget, AOL Music, Patch Media, and StyleList. Huffington was born Arianna Stasinopoúlou in Athens, Greece, the daughter of Konstantinos and Elli Stasinopoulos, and is the sister of Agapi .
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| Birthdate: | July 15, 1950 |
| Birthplace: | Athens |
| Age: | 61 |
| Education: | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Religion: | Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness |
| Also known as: | Ariadne Anna Stassinopoulos, arianna_huffington, Arianna Huffington |