What is Jessica Alba's Net Worth and Salary?
Jessica Alba is an American actress and businesswoman who has a net worth of $100 million. As an actress Jessica Alba is best known for her roles in films such as "Fantastic Four" and "Good Luck Chuck." As an entrepreneur she is known for being the co-founder of household and baby products company The Honest Company.
On the day The Honest Company went public in May 2021, Jessica owned 5.56 million shares of the company (including options). At it's public debut price of $23, her stake was worth $130 million before taxes. When the company's price sank to around $5 in March of 2022, her stake was worth around $25 million.
Early Life and Career Beginnings
Jessica Marie Alba was born in Pomona, California, on April 28, 1981. Through her mother, she has Danish, Welsh, German, English, and French ancestry, while her father's family is Mexican. She has a younger brother, Joshua. The family moved several times due to her father's career in the United States Air Force, so she grew up in Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas, before they settled in Claremont, California when she was nine years old. She graduated from Claremont High School at age sixteen, and attended the Atlantic Theater Company.
Having expressed an interest in acting as early as age five, Alba was able to convince her mother to take her to an acting competition in 1992 when she was eleven. She won the grand prize, which was free acting lessons, and was signed nine months later by an agent. Alba began her acting career at the age of thirteen when she appeared in a minor role in the 1994 film "Camp Nowhere," and a short recurring role in Nickelodeon show "The Secret World of Alex Mack." As a child she also appeared in two national television commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney.
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