The billion-dollar bum: how Sara Blakely sold shapewear to the
By A Mystery Man Writer
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A pair of white trousers with bad visible panty line set Sara Blakely on a mission to find a solution. The result? Spanx. Emily Cronin meets America's youngest self-made female billionaire.
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