Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years
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Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years Here are some memorable photos of Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for FORTUNE)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2006: Sara Blakely, Elvis White, Shekera Wheatley, Sir Richard Branson and Toro George at a Sara Blakely Foundation party in 2006. (Frank Mullen/WireImage via Getty Images)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2012: Barbara Walters, Sara Blakely and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend the TIME 100 Gala celebrating TIME'S 100 Most Infuential People in the World at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2012, in New York City. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage for TIME/Getty Images)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2013: Jesse Jaymes and Sara Blakely attend the 2013 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2013, in New York City. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2014: Sara Blakely, creator of Spanx, speaks onstage during Cosmopolitan Magazine's Fun Fearless Life Conference powered by WME Live at the David Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center on November 8, 2014, in New York City. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Cosmopolitan Magazine and WME Live)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2015: Janna Itzler (left) and Spanx founder Sara Blakely attends the 2015 Peace, Love & A Cure Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation Benefit on May 20, 2015, in Cresskill, New Jersey. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2016: Model Tyra Banks, Spanx founder Sara Blakely and model Ashley Graham attend Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Money 2016 on September 24, 2016, at Cedar Lake in New York City. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Cosmopolitan)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2017: Mark Cuban and Spanx founder Sara Blakely appear on an episode of "Shark Tank" in 2017. (Eric McCandless/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2018: Jill Bernstein of Fast Company, CEO of Delta Edward H. Bastian and Spanx founder Sara Blakely speak onstage for during Day 3 of the Fast Company Innovation Festival at 92nd Street Y on October 25, 2018, in New York City. (Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Fast Company)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2019: Sara Blakely attends GCAPP Empower Party to Benefit Georgia's Youth at the Fox Theatre on November 14, 2019, in Atlanta. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images for GCAPP)
Photos: Spanx founder Sara Blakely through the years 2021: Co-founder of Marquis Jet Jesse Itzler and his wife, Spanx founder Sara Blakely, attend the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2021, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)