Sara Blakely Forbes MagazineUndercover Billionaire: Sara Blakely Joins The Rich List Thanks To Spanx BY Clare O’Connor Forbes Staff Writer
Blakely owns 100% of the private company, has zero debt, has never taken outside investment and hasn’t spent a nickel on advertising. At 41 she’s the youngest woman to join this year’s World’s Billionaires list without help from a husband or an inheritance. She is part of a tiny, elite club of American women worth ten figures on their own, including Oprah Winfrey and Meg Whitman.