To everyone at HuffPost: it’s you who make HuffPost what it is. I’m filled with gratitude to all the colleagues and friends I’ve made here.
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) August 11, 2016
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She also put in a nice plug for her new company, Thrive Global. According to a press release tweeted out by Arianna, Thrive Global is a “corporate and consumer well-being and productivity platform. It provides trainings, seminars, e-courses, coaching, and ongoing support based on the latest scientific findings from experts in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, productivity, sports, and sleep.” The new business will help companies find a way to help their employees have a better work-life balance, the release says.
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Arianna says she didn’t set out to leave HuffPost—which in 2012 became the first digital media website to win a Pulitzer Prize—it just happened. “When I decided to create Thrive Global, I thought it would be possible to build a startup and continue as editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post,” she said in the release. “Today, it’s clear that was an illusion. As Thrive Global moved from an idea to a reality, with investors, staff, and offices, it became clear to me that I simply couldn’t do justice to both companies.” Running both companies would have meant working around the clock, she says, which would have gone against the principles of her new endeavor. “To truly thrive means knowing when the time has come to close one chapter and start the next, and for me that time has arrived,” she says. Arianna closed with this message on Twitter:
Building something from scratch doesn’t get easier just because you’ve done it before. There is only 1 way to do it: w/ your full attention.
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) August 11, 2016
Thrive Global will launch in November, after the presidential election.