Jessica Alba: Co-founder of The Honest Company

Jessica Alba: Co-founder of The Honest Company

Business Owner · Consumer Goods

Los Angeles

Jessica Alba went from Hollywood lead roles in Dark Angel and Fantastic Four to co-founding The Honest Company in 2011, a Los Angeles consumer-goods brand focused on baby and household products.

About Jessica Alba: Co-founder of The Honest Company

Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981, in Pomona, California) is an American actress and businesswoman. She rose to prominence at 19 playing Max Guevara in the television series Dark Angel (2000 to 2002), earning a Golden Globe nomination, and had her cinematic breakthrough shortly after with the lead role in Honey (2003). She began acting at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (both 1994) and went on to star in box-office hits including Fantastic Four (2005), its 2007 sequel, Good Luck Chuck, Valentine's Day and Little Fockers, as well as several films with director Robert Rodriguez, among them Sin City, Machete and Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. In 2011 Alba co-founded The Honest Company, a consumer goods company selling baby, personal and household products. Based in Los Angeles, the company was valued at roughly $550 million as of February 2022, and had a valuation of around $380 million as of May 2026. From 2019 to 2020 she starred in the Spectrum action crime series L.A.'s Finest. Sources: English Wikipedia (Jessica Alba, accessed September 2026).

Basic Information

Co-founder, The Honest Company; actress

Company Details

The Honest Company

Consumer Goods, Baby and Household Products