Sara Blakely ideated Spanx while she was a fax machine salesperson in the late 1990s. She was getting dressed for a party and wanted to wear her white pants that had hung in her closet for months—but ...

At 41, Sarah Blakely has just become the youngest, female, self-made billionaire in the world. Not bad for someone who failed law school admission tests twice and went on to work as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sara Blakely, founder and inventor of Spanx and Sneex, and Leslie Blodgett, beauty visionary, bestselling author and ...

Sara Blakely, the 54-year-old entrepreneur who founded Spanx in 2000 with $5,000, built the brand into a market leader valued at $1.2 billion when Blackstone acquired a majority stake in 2021. Today ...

Spanx founder Sara Blakely, an FSU alumna, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and speak at spring commencement ...

'Where do you get a boss like that?' Asked many of the millions of Internet users who saw or shared the viral video of those who already call on social networks "the best boss in the world." This is ...

Before she built a fortune on shapewear and celebrity deals, Sara Blakely nearly took a job sweating inside a chipmunk costume at Disney World. Her decision to walk away from that path, and instead ...

ATLANTA, March 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a breakout first year, SNEEX, the luxury footwear brand founded by innovator and category creator Sara Blakely, unveils The Ballerina, a new ...

When Claudine Cerasuolo, 54, of Patchogue, married Matt Syrett, also 54 (and of Patchogue), in May at Aloft, a hotel in Delray Beach, Florida, she said “yes” to two dresses. The first was a smooth ...

Sara Blakely, founder and inventor of Spanx and Sneex, and Leslie Blodgett, beauty visionary, bestselling author and philanthropist, are rebels with a cause: to build iconic brands without a roadmap.