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☆ How Spanx founder Sara Blakely makes and spends her $1.1 billion fortune
  + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Sara Blakely's shapewear brand, Spanx, made her one of the world's youngest self-made female billionaires. Sara Blakely attends the launch of Haute Contour by Spanx at Saks Fifth Avenue in 2009. Two years later, her body-shaping invention went into production and was named one of "Oprah's Favorite Things," making it a favorite of celebrities and everyday customers alike. In 2012, Blakely appeared on the cover of Forbes as the world's then-youngest self-made female billionaire at age 41. Today, at 52 years old, she ranks 22nd on Forbes' list of America's self-made women with a net worth of $1.1 billion.
Persons: Sara Blakely's shapewear, Sara Blakely, Joe Kohen, Blakely Organizations: Spanx, Saks Fifth, Forbes
☆ What it's like to work with a billionaire, according to ex-colleagues of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Sara Blakely
  + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Jack Sommers | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Past colleagues discussed working with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sara Blakely. Here, people who've worked alongside Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Sara Blakely talk about what it was like. After buying their company, Gates interrogated Williams and his colleagues about why their product was better than its Microsoft rival's. Reuters 'Girl next door' Sara Blakely was a 'creative genius'Lisa Magazine and Kenya Graham were personal and executive assistants, respectively, to Blakely, the Spanx founder. Read more: Elon Musk was a 'fun' boss but fired people on the spot if they disagreed with him, former Tesla manager says
Persons: Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sara Blakely, they'd, —, who've, Gates, Alex Wong, Chris Williams, Williams, aul Ellis, Colin Bryar, Bryar, Bezos, I've, Blakely, Lisa, Kenya Graham, Graham, Read, Sara Blakely's, Musk, Dimitrios Kambouris, Elon, Carl Medlock, he'll, Medlock, didn't Organizations: Service, Elon, Microsoft, Amazon, Amazon VP, Reuters, Lisa Magazine, Kenya, Nordic Business, Getty Locations: Blakely, Atlanta, Medlock
☆ Newsletter publisher TheSkimm has laid off 13%, its second layoff this year as cuts ripple across media
  + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Newsletter publisher TheSkimm laid off 13%, or about 22 people. It's the second layoff this year for the once-buzzy millennial media outlet. Layoffs hit newsletter publisher TheSkimm for the second time this year as it continues to face a punishing advertising market. The cuts came amid a tough economic environment in which a wide range of media, entertainment, and tech companies have laid off staff. The company faced tough times in the pandemic when advertisers were spending less and reassessing which media outlets were truly essential, and TheSkimm's lighthearted tone felt out of step with the times.
☆ Billionaire Sara Blakely's 2 assistants detail all the work that goes into keeping her life running smoothly — and how there's no room for egos
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
They worked together to support Sara Blakely, the Spanx founder and CEO, in all areas of her life. Sara Blakely began researching and developing what would become the popular intimates company Spanx in 1998, with just $5,000 in savings. Behind the scenes, Magazine and Kenya Graham, Blakely's executive assistant for six years in total across two stints, called themselves Blakely's "hype crew." "It's sharing of information, setting up a cadence of meetings, making sure that no one's hoarding information." Kenya and Jamie, the editorial strategist, are in the venue making sure this is the side she likes to sit on.
☆ Spanx CEO Sara Blakely: People who 'achieve their dreams' have this trait–'it's not about having brains, money or experience'
  + stars: | 2020-11-24 | by ( Taylor Locke | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
"The difference between people who achieve their dreams and those who don't is simple," according to Spanx founder and CEO Sara Blakely. "It's not about having a ton of brains or ton of money or a ton of experience," according to Blakely. Indeed, Blakely started Spanx in 1998 with just $5,000 she had in savings from selling fax machines door-to-door. Without having any background in design, business or manufacturing, Blakely ultimately built Spanx into a billion-dollar brand. "In the middle of my meeting with [the Neiman Marcus rep], I could tell I was losing her.
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