NEW YORK — Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington said on Thursday she would step down as editor-in-chief of the online news site that bears her name to focus on running her new venture, health and wellness startup Thrive Global.Huffington said on Twitter that she thought the Huffington Post, which made its debut in 2005, would be "my last act" but now wanted to concentrate the new venture."Thrive Global’s mission is to change the way we work and live by ending the collective delusion that burnout is a necessary price for success," she tweeted.In June, Huffington, 66, who recently wrote books on health and sleep-related issues such as "Thrive" and "The Sleep Revolution", announced the launch of Thrive Global. It will offer services to companies to improve the wellbeing of employees by providing training, seminars, e-courses, coaching and other support.It recently closed a Series A funding round ahead of a launch in the fall.Verizon Communications owns the Huffington Post thro...
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