Company · Fashion & Apparel · founded 2000
Spanx
Atlanta shapewear company founded in 2000 by Sara Blakely. Blackstone bought a majority stake in 2021, valuing it at $1.2 billion.
Of the 1 person here linked to Spanx, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. 1 of them also appear at Shark Tank. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
1 person at Spanx
Founder Still there
Role
Founder; executive chairwoman from the 2021 Blackstone deal, 2000–now
Also at
Source
· high confidence. Blackstone's press release (opened 2026-10-18 via Wayback; the live page returns 403) says that at closing Blakely would become Executive Chairwoman. Wikipedia's Sara Blakely article also says she retained that position. Her title today has not been rechecked; the status reflects that no departure is reported.
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Sara Blakely
Founder, Spanx
comfortable · outsider · college degree
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