Despite making millions, Arianna Huffington says even high-flying CEOs are unhappy and feel stuck in their jobs: ‘It’s a trap’

But according to Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, the reality isn't quite as glamorous as it looks—and plenty of CEOs, she says, are desperate to quit, despite seemingly having it all. "The financial trap is much easier to see, while the identity trap is less tangible but no less real," Huffington added. Huffington could have stayed at the top of Huffington Post. Huffington spent a grueling 11 years building Huffington Post into one of the biggest names in digital media, growing its newsroom to more than 850 journalists and becoming the first digital-native outlet to win a Pulitzer Prize. At the time, when she was weighing up whether to hold onto what she had built or walk away, Huffington said that her mother's voice was in her head.