The billion-dollar bum: how Sara Blakely sold shapewear to the

A pair of white trousers with bad visible panty line set Sara Blakely on a mission to find a solution. The result? Spanx. Emily Cronin meets America's youngest self-made female billionaire.

Spanx, the shapewear brand, valued at $1.2 billion in Blackstone deal

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Blackstone buys majority stake in shapewear maker Spanx, valuing it at $1.2 billion

Spanx Secures Majority Investment From Blackstone

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Sara Blakely: How She Built SPANX from the Ground Up

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SPANX Founder Sara Blakely's Story: From Door-to-Door Sales to Billion- Dollar Company

Back when I started Spanx (over 20 years ago) I had no money to advert

The billion-dollar bum: how Sara Blakely sold shapewear to the world's women

How Sara Blakely Created A Billion-Dollar Brand

People told Sara Blakely founding a business meant 'going to war.' Instead, she led Spanx with 'intuition' and 'vulnerability

Spanx employees given $10,000 and two first-class plane tickets

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