Sara Blakely
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About
Businesswoman and founder of Spanx, the wildly successful undergarment company. She was one of the world's youngest self-made female billionaires.
Before Fame
She sold fax machines door-to-door for Danka after graduating from Florida State University.
Trivia
Her company grew to be worth more than $1 billion in 12 years.
Family Life
She married Jesse Itzler in 2008; they had a son named Lazer Blake Itzler in 2009.
Associated With
She and another famous Florida-born entrepreneur, Melinda Gates, were contemporaries.
