Sara Blakely Quotes


I'm obsessed with the customer. I am the customer. I really don't think you can go wrong if you don't take your eye off of that. Serving the customer. How does she feel? I feel like the fashion industry has cared a lot about how we look but not about how we feel.


Citations

Raz, Guy, host. "Spanx: Sara Blakely." How I Built This with Guy Raz, NPR, 5 Sept. 2016.

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Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely
  • Born: February 27, 1971
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Businesswoman

Sara Treleaven Blakely is an American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She is the founder of Spanx, an American intimate apparel company with pants and leggings, founded 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. She was listed as the 93rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.