Ariana Huffington is the founder of Huffington Post. She has a net worth of $100 million. She built her career in journalism and business. She is the author of 15 books.
Ariana Huffington, 73, was born in Athens, Greece on July 15th 1950 as Ariadne-Anna Stasinopoulou. She served as Cambridge Union president. She graduated from college with a Master of Arts in Economics.
She is now recognized as one of the most influential women in the world.
She co-founded Huffington Post in 2005 which was later acquired by AOL for $315 million. She left The Huffington Post in 2016 to focus on her new organization Thrive Global.
Before founding the Huffington Post, she had already other websites such as AriannaOnline.com and Resignation.com.
Ariana owns stakes in Onex, Uber, Global Citizen and Thrive Global. She is also a writer who has penned best-selling books.
Ariana was married to Michael Huffington. She has written many biographies such as Maria Callas. After marrying Michael she started engaging in US politics. She was a contributor to late-night show known as Politically Incorrect.
In 2003, she vied against Arnold Schwarzenegger for California Governor seat. She received 1 percent of the votes cast.
Ariana Huffington also made media appearances in TV series such as Family Guy, Call My Bluff, The Cleveland Show, Any Questions? Real Time with Bill Maher and Face the Music.
In 2006 Ariana Huffington worked with Jonah Peretti, Andrew Breitbart and Kenneth Lerer to launch The Huffington Post. The website featured content from voluntary staff writers and bloggers.
In 2012, the blog received a Pulitzer Prize hence became the very first commercial digital media to achieve this milestone.
After the website was acquired, Ariana still remained as the editor-in-chief and president of The Huffington Post.
Since Ariana Huffington owned a 30% stake in The Huffington Post, she earned $100 million before taxes from the website sale.
Huffington founded Thrive Global as a wellness and behavioral change company in 2016. The company has its headquarters in New York. The company was valued at $120 million in 2017. Ariana Huffington is the company Chief Executive Officer and hosts Thrive Global Podcast.
Ariana Huffington married Michael Huffington in 1985. They divorced in 1997.
In 2016, Ariana Huffington joined Uber’s board of directors.
In 1971 Ariana Huffington met Levin in an edition of Face the Music. She was 21 and he was 42. A relationship developed between them. Levin was commissioned by British Broadcasting Corporation to visit music festivals around the world which he covered together with Ariana. He wrote a book Conducted Tours in 1982 in regards to those music festival tours. She had a relation with Levin for 9 years. They ended their relationship because Leven did not want to have children or get married.
Ariana Huffington real estate investments
Ariana Huffington has substantial real estate investments such as a home in Los Angeles valued at $4.1 million. She also owns a home in Manhattan’s SoHo estate valued at $8.1 million. She has a great taste for high-end real estate. She also owns other real estate investments in West and East Coasts.
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