Spanx founder and self-made billionaire Sara Blakely launches her first ever retail store
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The first Spanx store opened in McLean, Virginia, today. It is said to be the first of several openings this fall planned by company founder Sara Blakely.
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How Spanx CEO Sara Blakely Built a Billion Dollar Business
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Sara Blakely - Wikipedia
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Female founders are crashing the billionaire club: Sara Blakely, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Anne Wojcicki
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Spanx's Sara Blakely: Turning $5,000 into $1 billion with panties
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Sara Blakely Bio: How the Self-Made Billionaire Invented Spanx - 2024 - MasterClass
Spanx founder Sara Blakely's $1 billion idea started with just $5,000 in savings and wanting to solve her own problem
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Spanx founder Sara Blakely at Synapse Summit in Tampa - Tampa Bay Business Journal
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Sara Blakely – Failure Driven Billionaire - Geeknack
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The Spanx Story: What's Underneath the Incredible Success of Sara Blakely's Billion Dollar Empire (The Business Storybook Series): 9781400216116: Wetzel, Charlie, Wetzel, Stephanie: Books
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Sara Blakely: Start Small, Think Big, Scale Fast
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How founder of Spanx Sara Blakely turned US$5,000 to US$1b
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How Sara Blakely Turned $5000 Into A Billion Dollar Spanx Fortune
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Sara Blakely's Net Worth: Spanx Founder Regains Billionaire Status
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How Spanx CEO Sara Blakely Built a Billion Dollar Business
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From broke to billionaire