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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sara Blakely has received more than 3,454,664 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sara Blakely is the 830th most popular businessperson (down from 687th in 2019), the 17,837th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,738th in 2019) and the 303rd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 3.5M

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  • 29.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Sara Blakely ranks 830 out of 847Before her are Parag Agrawal, Tessy Antony de Nassau, Tom Steyer, Cyrus Mistry, Natalia Ponce de León, and Steve Coast. After her are Christopher Poole, Leyla Hussein, Rauan Kenzhekhanuly, Randi Zuckerberg, Vinita Bali, and Padmasree Warrior.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Sara Blakely ranks 977Before her are Anette Hoffmann, Vaughan Coveny, Wayne Arthurs, Tsutomu Nishino, Keiju Karashima, and Takeo Harada. After her are Rikiya Kawamae, Ricardo Ismael Rojas, Pádraig Harrington, Adnan Sami, Amber Smith, and Craig Burley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sara Blakely ranks 17,837 out of 20,380Before her are Ray LaMontagne (1973), AJ Michalka (1991), Mike Espy (1953), Chandler Parsons (1988), Ester Dean (1982), and Luke Combs (1990). After her are Spencer Breslin (1992), Lorrie Morgan (1959), Josh Smith (1985), Jennifer Aspen (1970), O'Shea Jackson Jr. (1991), and Nancy Grace (1959).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Sara Blakely ranks 303Before her are Dick Costolo (1963), Andrew Puzder (1950), Tony Hsieh (1973), Matt Mullenweg (1984), Martin Shkreli (1983), and Tom Steyer (1957). After her are Christopher Poole (1988), Randi Zuckerberg (1982), Steve Huffman (1983), Brad Keselowski (1984), Michelle Phan (1987), and Limor Fried (2000).