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“Right when I was running out of friends and money, Oprah called,” the Spanx founder told Fortune in 2014. “She chose it as her favorite product of the year.”
How Spanx Billionaire Sara Blakely Makes and Spends Her Fortune
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Billionaire Spanx founder Sara Blakely gave her entrepreneur husband a piece of advice she learned as a teenager to get him through his hardest days
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Spanx Founder Sara Blakely's Favorite Mistake
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From broke to billionaire
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How Sara Blakely Became the World's Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire
Success Resources - This is the startup story of Billionaire Entrepreneur Sara Blakely. Blakely, the founder of SPANX, started her empire at 27 with only $5,000 from personal savings. This is her
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Blackstone Buys Majority Stake in SPANX, Inc.
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Spanx founder Sara Blakely is first female billionaire to donate half her fortune to charity
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Spanx Founder and Billionaire Sara Blakely Pledges Half Her Fortune To Charity
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Whom You Know: MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Sara Blakely, Founder of Spanx
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Sara Blakely: 7 Life Lessons from the Founder of SPANX
5 Mindset Tactics of a Billionaire (Sara Blakely's Secrets)
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Top Five Startup Tips From Spanx Billionaire Sara Blakely
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