Arianna Huffington is warm, motherly, convivial. Given her reputation as a ruthless opportunist, frequently described as 'the most upwardly mobile Greek since Icarus', this is something of a shock.
Forbes ranks her among the world's most powerful women. After she revolutionised news in 2005 with the first online newspaper, The Huffington Post - later selling it to AOL for $315 million (£200 million) while remaining editor-in-chief - it's easy to see why.
Born in Greece, educated at Cambridge and a bestselling author of 12 books, she's also intellectually agile enough to run rings around most in the political debates of American television and radio of which she's fond.
Read the whole story at The Telegraph [1]
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