Sara Blakely, America's Youngest Female Billionaire, On Her
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When Blakely was 29, she used $5,000 she'd saved up as a door-to-door salesperson to found the shapewear company Spanx.
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How Spanx Founder Sara Blakely Went From Selling Fax Machines to Shapewear
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Sara Blakely - Wikipedia
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Spanx Reshapes Itself - Atlanta Jewish Times
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Spanx, undergarment brand
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How Sara Blakely Became the World's Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire
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Spanx inventor squeezes on to billionaires' list, Retail industry
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Sara Blakely, Speaker Agency, Speaking Fee, Videos
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How to fail your way to your first $1 billion - Bart Baggett's Official Blog
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Spanx Mogul Sara Blakely Becomes First Female Billionaire To Join Gates-Buffett Giving Pledge
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How Sara Blakely, Spanx Mogul, Became The Youngest Woman On Forbes' Billionaires List
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Sara Blakely, America's Youngest Female Billionaire, On Her Success And Challenges
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Forbes says Spanx's Sara Blakely, of Clearwater, is world's youngest self-made female billionaire
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Billionaire Sara Blakely Pledges to Give Away Half of Her Fortune
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How Sara Blakely Became the World's Youngest Self-Made Woman Billionaire
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Spanx's Sara Blakely: Youngest self-made woman to join Forbes' World Billionaires list