5/04/2014

American Beauty: Sarah Blakely earned $ 1 billion on women's underwear

Having invested in the launch of her own brand Spanx only $ 5,000 13 years ago, she has created a $ 1 billion business.
Today, her brand Spanx is household name around the world and Sarah’s products are successfully sold in 11,500 stores in 40 countries. And on the results of 2012,  Forbes magazine named her the youngest female billionaire in the world and included her in the list of 100 most influential women in the world.
Sara Blakely was born in 1971 in a small town in Florida Klieruoter in a wealthy family of a lawyer and artist. After college, she wanted to follow in the footsteps of her father, but twice failed the exams in law school. She had to get a job as  Disneyland greeter. Three months later, she joined another company named Danka and started selling faxes over the phone. Blakely had quickly become one of the top agents in a giant corporation.  She started running training seminars for other employees. ... READ MORE ...


American Beauty: Sarah Blakely earned $ 1 billion on women's underwear

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