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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Jessica Alba explains reason for quitting Honest Company role
Caption: Jessica Alba explains reason for quitting Honest Company role. The 43-year-old American actress launched the brand back in 2012. But in April, Jessica announced she is quitting her role as the company's Chief Creative Officer - although she will remain on the board of directors. Addressing her business move on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, Jessica explained she's drafted in a new CEO to oversee the company, saying: ”Yeah, I have Carla Vernón, and she's running the company, and it's great. And there's a whole senior leadership team that's fantastic.” She also compared the company, which supplies eco-friendly baby, beauty and cleaning products, to a fourth child. The mum-of-three said, "I feel like it's my fourth baby and I like sent it... sent my baby off to college.” Jessica co-founded the company alongside entrepreneur and author Christopher Gavigan and businessman Brian Lee 12 years ago. It now has a current market value of more than $260 million (over £200 million). Now that she has given up her CCO role, Jessica - who shares three children with film producer Cash Warren has refocused her career in the world of acting by producing a new action movie for Netflix titled Trigger Warning. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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