Arianna Huffington
Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (born Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou, Greek: Αριάδνη-Άννα Στασινοπούλου [ariˈaðni ˈana stasinoˈpulu]; on July 15, 1950) is a Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known for her news website The Huffington Post. She was a one-time liberal democrat.[1][2] She later became a popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, after which she adopted liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s.[3] She is the former spouse of former Republican congressman Michael Huffington.
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 Huffington at the 2012 Time 100 gala | |
| Born | Ariánna Stasinopoúlou July 15, 1950 Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Journalist, entrepreneur |
| Nationality | American; Greek |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Genre | Non-fiction, news |
| Subject | Politics, spirituality, environment, liberalism |
| Spouse | Michael Huffington (m. 1986–1997, divorced) |
| Website | |
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Political career
In 2003, she ran as an independent candidate for Governor in the California recall election.[4]
Personal life
Huffington was born Ariánna Stasinopoúlou in Athens, Greece on July 15, 1950. She studied economics at Girton College, Cambridge. Huffington was married to Michael Huffington from 1986 until they divorced in 1997. She became an American citizen in 1990.
Arianna Huffington Media
Campaigning for Governor of California, 2003
Huffington speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a dinner hosted by Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2014
Huffington with Steve Buscemi, Moby and Lou Reed at a screening of the film Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, 2006
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References
- ↑ Jones, Mother (1995). Mother Jones Magazine. Mother Jones. p. 83.
- ↑ Orth, Maureen (2004). The Importance of Being Famous: Behind the Scenes of the Celebrity-Industial Complex. Macmillan. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-8050-7545-8.
- ↑ "10 Questions for Arianna Huffington". Time. July 3, 2008. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1820145,00.html. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ↑ Schofield, Jack (August 25, 2008). "Huffington Post: From millionaire's blog to leading liberal newspaper". Guardian News (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/25/huffington.post. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
Other websites
Media related to Arianna Huffington at Wikimedia Commons
- Column archive at The Huffington Post
- Column archive Archived 2004-06-26 at the Wayback Machine at AlterNet
- Arianna Huffington on IMDb
- Campaign contributions made by Arianna Huffington Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
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