Community Chat

[Pearlee]

...She bought all of her employees 2 first class round trip tickets to anywhere in the world and gave them each $10,000 spending money as a bonus. Story is in the N.Y. Post. 10/25

Talk about a self-made billionaire! Good for her!

[Love my grandkids]

I've seen her on Shark Tank at least once as an investor.

[sunshine45]

i have not read the article yet, but WOW......someone must have made her an offer she could not refuse!

i wonder what her next venture or adventure will be?

very nice of her to give her employees a bonus!

[sann]

During one of her QVC appearances many years ago she told the story how she started her company with money she borrowed from her grandmother.........

[Mmsfoxxie]

I bought one pair of those things and realized that I wasn't into torturing myself for the sake of vanity.  And I had went up a size, too!

[Kachina624]

Sarah had a VERY nice payday.  Nice to know she remembered her hard-working, loyal employees. 

[VanSleepy]

And I was cutting the feet off my pantyhose when I was 12 years old so I could be smooth under my  pants. If only, right?

[Tinkrbl44]

Good for her .....  and now i wonder what she plans to do next ... with all that money and all that time on her hands  ...  it will be interesting to see where she goes from here  ....

[FancyPhillyshopper]

I have never bought or worn SPANX.  

Daily sit-ups, leg lifts, and touching toes will serve the same purpose, but with longer lasting results.

I am happy that she has become so rich, but what does this say about her customers' perceptions of their bodies?

Glad her employees received a bonus--will they still have jobs under the new owners?

[Pearlee]

I'm sure Spanx being one of Oprah's favorite things didn't hurt Sarah in her early days of money-making.