Inventor of Spanx is World’s Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire

A product promising to help people look thin has given its inventor a big fat wallet. Thanks to her ingenious idea to combine insecurity, enormous underpants, and elastic sausage casings, Sara Blakely, the forty-one-year-old inventor of Spanx, is now the world's youngest female self-made billionaire.

Forbes magazine's annual billionaire issue features Blakely on the cover and an interview with the entrepreneur inside. According to the publication, the fact that she made her money without the help of a husband or an inheritance puts her in an elite group of dizzyingly rich ladies that includes Oprah Winfrey and Meg Whitman.

http://jezebel.com/5891579/inventor-of-spanx-is-worlds-youngest-female-self+made-billionaire

Interesting article I suggest read the entire thing. I like the advice she gives at the end:

Blakely says that she hopes young female entrepreneurs with a big idea and a whole lot of pluck refuse to be intimidated by what they don't know. Not knowing how things work, she reasons, can lead people to do things differently. And that can pay off.

inspirational stuff in a kind of sordid way, i personally dont want to get rich from lying or cheating - especially not obscenely rich like that. But the loose weight business sector is all about that really, selling dreams that will never come true, without getting off your fat butt and going for a run, and stop eating so much junk. Sadly i wont get rich for telling the truth though will i?