Billionaire Spanx founder Sara Blakely gave her entrepreneur husband a piece of advice she learned as a teenager to get him through his hardest days
![Spanx Is Reportedly Shopping Itself For $1 Billion, But Forbes Estimates The Shapewear Firm Is Worth Far Less Spanx Is Reportedly Shopping Itself For $1 Billion, But Forbes Estimates The Shapewear Firm Is Worth Far Less](https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/60da6580928d7680736c2abd/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&width=1200)
Spanx Is Reportedly Shopping Itself For $1 Billion, But Forbes Estimates The Shapewear Firm Is Worth Far Less
![A billionairess happily sharing her wealth - As soon as her company reached a $1.2b valuation, Spanx founder Sara Blakely gifted all her 500+ staff $10,000 and two first-class tickets to anywhere A billionairess happily sharing her wealth - As soon as her company reached a $1.2b valuation, Spanx founder Sara Blakely gifted all her 500+ staff $10,000 and two first-class tickets to anywhere](https://luxurylaunches.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/spanx-ceo-employee-bonus.jpg)