Spanx founder tops off Synapse Summit with packed house, entrepreneur advice

March 20, 2020

Spanx founder Sara Blakely believes you can take her out of Clearwater Beach, but can’t take Clearwater Beach out of her.

It was one of several lines that drew laughs delivered to a packed audience in Amalie Arena in downtown Tampa during the second day of the Synapse Summit. Blakely, an Atlanta resident who founded the billion-dollar shapewear company in 2000, took the stage as its keynote speaker on Wednesday.

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