Media, Telecom & Gaming ARIANNA HUFFINGTON | THE HUFFINGTON POST Founder & Editor-in-chief SPEAKER BIO Arianna Huffington is the chair, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, and author of fourteen books. In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that quickly became one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet. In 2012, the site won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. She has been named to Time Magazine's list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was16andgraduatedfromCambridge Universitywithan M.A. in economics. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York, USA The Huffington Post is an American online news aggregator and blog founded by Arianna Founded 2005 Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, Andrew Breitbart, and Jonah Peretti, featuring columnists. The site offers news, blogs, and original content and covers politics, business, entertainment, No of Employees 850 environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interests, and local news. Active Markets US,Europe Business Overview Political weblog Recent Milestones Won the Pulitzer Prize in the category of national reporting in 2012 KPI#1 260m monthly visits Available in: KPI #2 English, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, German, Portuguese, Korean, Greek Ownership Aol Website huffingtonpost.com 18
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