Arianna Huffington
As the founder of The Huffington Post, as well as editor-in-chief and president of the Huffington Post Media Group which is undoubtedly one of the fastest-growing media companies in the world, Arianna Huffington was classified as one of the world’s most influential women.
The international media mogul and prolific author of 15 books moved to London from Greece to earn her master’s degree in economics at the University of Cambridge. After moving to the U.S., Huffington’s politics saw her running against Arnie Schwarzenegger for California governorship.
Arianna chose to walk away from the success of The Huffington Post after selling it for $300 million to AOL. She launched a new start-up company dedicated to health and wellness, Thrive Global, after collapsing in her office from fatigue caused by overworking.
Huffington made Forbes’ “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” in 2011, and by 2014, she was at number 52. She executive produced the “Valley of the Boom” docuseries about the tech boom of the 1990s and is on Uber’s Board of Directors.