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Sara Blakely

1971 - Today

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Sara Treleaven Blakely (born February 27, 1971) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She founded Spanx, an intimate apparel company with pants and leggings, in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2012, Blakely was named in Time magazine's "Time 100" annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2014, she was listed as the 93rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Sara Blakely is the 872nd most popular businessperson (down from 831st in 2024), the 17,928th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,856th in 2019) and the 311th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Sara Blakely ranks 872 out of 847. Before her are Julie Sweet, Abby Lee Miller, Parag Agrawal, Sam Bankman-Fried, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, and Lachlan Murdoch. After her are Huda Kattan, Nicholas Medforth-Mills, Leyla Hussein, Evelyn Miralles, Tom Steyer, and Dick Costolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Sara Blakely ranks 1,092. Before her are Marcos Llunas, Ruslan Mashurenko, Aileen Quinn, Tetsuro Uki, Lachlan Murdoch, and Nicolai Wammen. After her are Murat Kardanov, Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen, Scott Booth, Igor Pashkevich, Park Kun-ha, and Kiyoshi Nakamura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sara Blakely ranks 17,936 out of 20,380. Before her are Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark (2000), Fatman Scoop (1968), David Ellison (1983), Kool Moe Dee (1962), Laura Slade Wiggins (1988), and Jeanne Gang (1964). After her are Duane Martin (1965), Huda Kattan (1983), Urijah Faber (1979), Faith Prince (1957), Kenyon Martin (1977), and Ilia Malinin (2004).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Sara Blakely ranks 311. Before her are Tom Hicks (1946), Whitney Wolfe Herd (1989), Randi Zuckerberg (1982), Julie Sweet (null), Abby Lee Miller (1965), and Sam Bankman-Fried (1992). After her are Huda Kattan (1983), Tom Steyer (1957), Dick Costolo (1963), Katherine Maher (1983), Tony Hsieh (1973), and Martin Shkreli (1983).

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