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Happiness & Positive Psychology keynote speakers
Arianna Huffington
Founder of Thrive Global & The Huffington Post
- Keynote · Fireside chat · Moderation
- English
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Signature keynotes
What your audience walks away with
- Outcome
Thrive — The Third Metric to Redefining Success (signature)
Based on her international bestseller. Why the two-metric definition of success — money and power — is incomplete and unsustainable, and how a third metric of wellbeing, wisdom, wonder, and giving produces better decisions, better health, and better performance.
Small Steps, Big Leaps — The Art of Thriving Through Microsteps
Her signature method: Microsteps — tiny, science-backed daily changes too small to fail — and how individuals and whole organizations use them to improve health, focus, and resilience at scale without waiting for a heroic transformation.
The Sleep Revolution — Why Recovery Is a Performance Strategy
The health and performance case for sleep and recovery, and why burnout is a failure of culture rather than a mark of commitment. How leaders build teams that sustain high performance instead of grinding it away.
How AI-Driven Behavior Change Can Transform Health Care
Her current frontier. How AI — through her venture Thrive AI Health, built with OpenAI's Sam Altman — can deliver hyper-personalized, expert-level health coaching, and what AI means for the future of wellbeing and work.
Building a Culture of Resilience — Leading in an Age of Uncertainty
A leadership keynote on wellbeing as an organization's immune system and on leading calmly and effectively — the "eye of the hurricane" — through volatility and change.
The story
Who Arianna actually is
Arianna Huffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the founder of The Huffington Post, and one of the most influential women in the world — named to Time magazine's 100 most influential people and Forbes' Most Powerful Women list.
Born in Athens, Greece, she moved to England as a teenager and earned an M.A. in economics from Cambridge University, where she became president of the Cambridge Union at 21. She began her career as an author — writing biography and cultural criticism under her maiden name, Arianna Stassinopoulos — before becoming one of the most recognizable figures in American media.
In 2005 she launched The Huffington Post, building it into a Pulitzer-Prize-winning global news platform and serving as its president and editor-in-chief. But it was a personal breaking point that defined her most influential work: in 2007, exhausted and sleep-deprived, she collapsed and broke her cheekbone. The wake-up call led her to rethink success itself — and, in 2016, to found Thrive Global, a behavior-change technology company built on the science of Microsteps: small, sustainable daily changes that improve health and productivity.
She is the author of 15 books, including the international bestsellers _Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder_ and _The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time._ In 2024 she extended the mission to the frontier of technology, co-founding Thrive AI Health with OpenAI's Sam Altman — a company building a hyper-personalized AI health coach to make expert-level guidance accessible to everyone. Today she is among the most in-demand keynote speakers in the world on wellbeing, resilience, leadership, and the future of AI and health.
The receipts
Books & publications
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
2014the international bestseller that reframed success around a "third metric" beyond money and power.
The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
2016the science and culture of sleep, and why recovery is a performance strategy.
Third World America
2010on the pressures facing the American middle class.
On Becoming Fearless
2006a guide to courage in life, work, and leadership.
Your Time to Thrive
15 books in all.*
Gravity
Career highlights & recognition
- Credential
Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
behavior-change technology built on the science of Microsteps
- Award
Founder, The Huffington Post
grew it into a Pulitzer-Prize-winning global platform; president & editor-in-chief
- Credential
Co-Founder, Thrive AI Health
hyper-personalized AI health coaching
- Credential
Author of 15 books
incl. international bestsellers Thrive and The Sleep Revolution
- Milestone
Time's 100 most influential people
and Forbes' Most Powerful Women
- Credential
M.A. in economics, Cambridge University
president of the Cambridge Union at 21
- Milestone
wellbeing, burnout, resilience, and the future of work
Booking with confidence
What to expect when you book Arianna
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Answers
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What is Arianna Huffington's speaking fee?
Typically $50k–$100k (indicative; confirmed on request). Arianna's fee varies by event, date, format, and location, so we confirm the exact figure for your booking. Share your brief for current pricing and live availability.
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What formats does Arianna offer?
Arianna is available for Keynote, Fireside chat, Moderation and Virtual engagements. We'll match the format to your audience and run-of-show.
What does Arianna speak about?
Arianna's keynote themes include Mental Health and Future of Work. Each talk is tailored to your audience and outcomes.
What languages does Arianna present in?
Arianna presents in English.
Where does Arianna travel from?
Arianna is based in United States and travels internationally for engagements; virtual sessions are also available.
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