Arianna Huffington

Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Arianna Huffington

Name: Arianna Huffington

Born: July 15, 1950, in Athens, Greece

Computer-related contributions

  • Greek-American author and syndicated columnist.
  • Co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post.
  • Ran as an independent candidate for Governor in the California recall election (2003).

Significant publications

  • Thrive (2014).
  • Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream (2010).
  • Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America (2009).
  • Right is Wrong (2008).
  • The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging (2008).
  • On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life (2006).
  • The Fourth Instinct: The Call of the Soul (2003).
  • The Gods of Greece (1993).
  • Picasso: Creator and Destroyer (1989).
  • Maria Callas – The Woman Behind the Legend (1981).
  • The Female Woman (1973).

Honors and awards

  • Ranked 52nd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes (2014).
  • Listed as number 12 in Forbes first-ever list of the Most Influential Women In Media (2009).
  • Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program (1997).

Quotes

"The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it's tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules."

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