Spanx founder celebrates $1.2 billion valuation by buying employees first-class tickets to anywhere, giving them $10K to spend

Just one day after striking a $1.2 billion deal with Blackstone Inc., Spanx foundress Sara Blakely has gifted her employees – 500 of them – with first-class plane tickets to anywhere in the world, and $10,000 each to spend when they get there.

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