Arianna Huffington
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington is Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that is one of the most widely read, linked to and cited media brands on the Internet. She is a nationally syndicated columnist, the author of 11 books and is a co-host of "Left, Right & Center," public radio's popular political roundtable program. In 2006 she was named to the "Time 100," Time's list of the world's most influential people. She has made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including "Charlie Rose," "Oprah," "Nightline," "Real Time with Bill Maher," "Inside Politics," "Larry King Live," "Hardball," "Today," "Countdown with Keith Olberman" and "The O'Reilly Factor." Her most recent book is On Becoming Fearless ... in Love, Work and Life. She serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social problems, including A Place Called Home, which works with at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. Huffington received a master's degree in economics from Cambridge University.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.