Spanx entrepreneur Sara Blakely, a 1993 Communication graduate and member of FSU’s national championship debate team,  is featured on the cover of the March 26, 2012, issue of Forbes magazine. She is the youngest woman to make this year’s list of the world’s billionaires “without help from a husband or an inheritance.” Read the article.

In a 2008 interview in FSU’s Florida State Times magazine, Blakely credited her experiences at FSU, particularly her debate experience, for her business success. Read the article, which was republished with permission on the School of Communication website.