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Sara Blakely
Entrepreneur

Sara Blakely

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Founding Spanx and building a shapewear business from a personal clothing problem.

Spanx · Sara Blakely Foundation

Born
27 February 1971
Birthplace
Clearwater, Florida, United States

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Sara Blakely

Sara Blakely is an American entrepreneur who turned an improvised undergarment idea into a major consumer brand.

Early life

Education

Studied communications at Florida State University.

Sales work

Sold fax machines before developing her product idea.

Career

  1. Late 1990s

    Product development

    Worked on a footless hosiery-based garment.

  2. 2000

    Spanx launch

    Brought the product to department stores.

  3. 2021 onward

    Business expansion

    Sold a majority interest in Spanx and later launched footwear brand Sneex.

Companies & projects

Spanx

Established the shapewear company.

Sara Blakely Foundation

Created a foundation supporting women.

Sneex

Launched a footwear venture.

Beyond work

Giving

Joined the Giving Pledge.

Entrepreneurship

Has supported programmes for women starting businesses.

Sources & photo creditLife, career and references ↗

Photo: Gillian Zoe Segal. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.