Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington is a world-renowned businesswoman, best known as the Co-Founder of The Huffington Post. On a mission to implement positive change throughout society, she has dedicated her career to ensuring that employee well-being is a priority within the workplace and that happiness is considered a metric of success. Also, the proud Founder of Thrive, a leading behaviour change tech company, Arianna has become a leading authority in her field. Keen to share her specialist knowledge with audiences globally, she has authored 15 books to date, including ‘Thrive’ and ‘The Sleep Revolution’. Having been named on the Forbes Most Powerful Women list, Arianna is now a popular speaker to attend events of all kinds.

At the age of 16, Arianna moved to the UK and became the first foreign student to study economics at Girton College, Cambridge. Developing a keen passion for exploring the workplace culture as a female professional, she began writing powerful books in the 1970s and published ‘The Female Woman’ in 1973. In 1980, Arianna was given the opportunity to co-host the BBC One show ‘Saturday Night at the Mill’ and has gained a respected reputation throughout the industry ever since. A born leader, Arianna founded The Huffington Post, an online source of news, in 2005. Offering unbiased, analytical commentary to their audience, she is admired for creating the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. Offering valuable insights to audiences as a successful CEO, Arianna has become a must-see speaker for audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

Continuing to advance her entrepreneurial career, Arianna became the Founder and CEO of Thrive in 2016. On a mission to change the way we work and end the stereotype that burnout is a result of success, her work has transformed the corporate industry and continues to gain positive results to this day. Alongside this, she is also serving as a Board Member for Onex and The B Team. In recognition of her illustrious career, Arianna has been the recipient of numerous awards over recent years, most notably being named on Time Magazine’s list of the World's 100 Most Influential People and the Forbes Most Powerful Women List. Most recently, Arianna was named on Elle's 2023 Women of Impact, commending her new-found expertise in wellbeing, exhaustion, burnout and sleep.

With her specialist knowledge and experience spanning a wide range of areas, Arianna Huffington is now highly sought-after to attend speaking engagements of all kinds - with Champions Speakers proudly representing Arianna Huffington as an official speaker agent. Passionate about educating the next generation of professionals, she has published 15 books to date, including ‘Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being,’, and ‘Wisdom, and Wonder and The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night At A Time,’ both of which became instant international bestsellers. Having previously delivered the TEDx Talk ‘How to Succeed? Get More Sleep’ in 2011, Arianna is a seasoned speaker whose expertise is highly sought after. When hired as a speaker, Arianna shares her expertise on organisational behaviour and the narrative that burnout is not the price we must pay for success. When looking for an engaging speaker who redefines success and wellbeing, hire Arianna Huffington today!

Arianna Huffington delivered a keynote address recently discussing the problems of overworking and how she was so successful with The Huffington Post. Watch Arianna Huffington's Keynote Speech here.