Billionaire Sara Blakely says she launched Spanx with just $5,000 from selling fax machines—and never took on a single investor: ‘I bet on myself’

fortune.com/2025/09/20/sara-blakely-spanx-fax-machines-investors-career-advice

Imagine knocking on doors to sell fax machines—then, years later, becoming a billionaire. That’s exactly what Sara Blakely did. The 54-year-old founder of Spanx recently spoke with The School of Hard Knocks, a YouTube channel focused on financial literacy and entrepreneurial content,…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-09-20 11:03:00.
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