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Actress and co-founder of the Honest Company (a consumer wellness products firm) Jessica Alba, has become a Yahoo board member. Alba was chosen from a group of tech, media, finance, sports entertainment and private equity.  Yahoo selected a group of all-inclusive group of leaders to support its new era of growth and transformation. According to Reuters author Alba will be joined by Aryeh Bourkoff, the chief executive officer of LionTree, Fouad ElNaggar, the CEO of tech firms Array and… Source link

Yahoo announced six new members of its board of directors today, about a year after the internet brand was acquired by private equity firm Apollo for $5 billion [Disclosure: TechCrunch is part of Yahoo]. The new appointees include Jessica Alba, actress and founder of The Honest Company; Aryeh Bourkoff, founder and CEO of the independent global investment firm LionTree, an investor in Yahoo; Fouad ElNaggar, co-founder and CEO of Array and Sapho (acquired by Citrix); Michael Kives,… Source link

Yahoo, the nearly three-decade-old internet brand, is adding six new members to the privately held company’s board, including actor and entrepreneur Jessica Alba. Verizon Media sold Yahoo last year for $5 billion to private-equity firm Apollo Group, while the telco retained a 10% ownership stake. The company hired Jim Lanzone, former Tinder and CBS exec, as CEO. Joining Lanzone and representatives from Apollo and Verizon on the Yahoo board are: Alba, founder and chief creative… Source link

Actress Jessica Alba’s eco-friendly personal care products brand Honest Co. (HNST) surged 44% in its trading debut on the Nasdaq. Shares of Honest Co. sold for $16 in their initial public offering to close at $23 per share in trading Wednesday, giving the company a market value of about $2.1 billion. Honest CEO Nick Vlahos told Yahoo Finance Live that the successful IPO was a “validation” of the company’s strategy. “We’re a mission driven brand. We are at the forefront of this kind… Source link

Jessica Pegula has never advanced this far in a Grand Slam. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill) Jessica Pegula has done it again. The unseeded 26-year-old American who opened the Australian Open by ousting No. 12 seed and two-time champion Victoria Azarenka, won her fourth straight match in Melbourne on Monday. This time she upset No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina to advance to the quarterfinal round. The daughter of Buffalo Bills and Sabres owners Kim and Terry Pegula has never advanced this far in a Grand… Source link