Sara blakely interview with fareed zakaria biography

From CNN’s FAREED ZAKARIA GPS, Aired August 25, 2013

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1308/25/fzgps.01.html

In 2012, Forbes Magazine named the Spanx founder and inventor the world's youngest, self-made female billionaire.

Sara blakely interview with fareed zakaria biography

Her brand can now be found in over 50 countries worldwide, but Blakely's story is quintessentially American.

As with many inventions, it all began as a solution to a nagging problem. Listen in:

FAREED ZAKARIA, CNN HOST: Sara Blakely, great to have you on.

SARA BLAKELY, BUSINESSWOMAN, FOUNDER OF SPANX: Thank you for having me.

ZAKARIA: So explain where you get the idea to make this new kind of underwear.

BLAKELY: Well, my inspiration for Spanx was actually my own butt. So, I don't know if this has ever happened to you, Fareed, but I could not figure out what to wear under my white pants. And like so many consumers out there, we have these clothes that we can't figure out what to wear under them.

And so the panties show the panty li