Sara Blakely

Entrepreneur

Birthday February 27, 1971

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Clearwater, FL

Age 53 years old

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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.