Carey Jaros Net Worth 2026: Purell CEO After Clorox's GOJO Deal

No reputable outlet has published an estimate of Carey Jaros's net worth. The $28 million figure and the $800,000 salary on the earlier version of this page had no source, so we have removed them. What is documented is her career: Jaros, a Harvard MBA and former Bain & Company consultant, became president and CEO of GOJO Industries, the Akron, Ohio company that invented Purell hand sanitizer, on January 1, 2020. After The Clorox Company bought GOJO for $2.25 billion in 2026, she stayed on as president of the business, now called Clorox Purell.

What is Carey Jaros's net worth?

No Forbes list, Bloomberg index or business publication puts a number on Jaros's wealth. GOJO was privately owned by the Lippman Kanfer family until the Clorox sale, so her pay and any equity or incentive awards were never disclosed. Clorox's public filings focus on its own named executive officers, and we found no filing that states what Jaros earned from the deal.

One slice of her finances is public. Jaros sits on the board of Grocery Outlet Holding Corp., a listed discount grocer, so her trades in its stock are reported to the SEC. A Form 4 filed in August 2026 showed she bought 15,000 Grocery Outlet shares on August 27, 2026 at $11.70 each, about $176,000, through family trusts. After that filing she held 49,934 shares directly and 60,000 through the trusts. That is a small, disclosed part of her assets, not a guide to her total net worth.

Carey Jaros's salary and yearly income

Her salary has never been published. The yearly, monthly and daily figures on the earlier page ($800,000, $67,000 and $2,200) had no source and have been removed. As CEO of a company with nearly $800 million in annual sales and about 2,500 employees, she would be expected to earn well into the executive pay range, but no source states her total compensation.

Career timeline

Jaros grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

GOJO described her background as that of an operator, investor and board member in growth companies. When she was named CEO in November 2019 she was 41, and with executive chair Marcella Kanfer Rolnick the company had two women in its top roles.

Leading GOJO through the pandemic

Jaros took over as CEO weeks before COVID-19 made Purell a product in heavy demand across the country. The Beacon Journal noted that Purell became a must-have during the pandemic. She spoke about managing that period in interviews with Bain & Company, Ideastream Public Media and Supermarket News in 2020 to 2022. GOJO, founded in Akron in 1946 by Goldie and Jerry Lippman, introduced Purell in 1996, sold the consumer brand in 2004 and bought it back from Johnson & Johnson in 2010.

The Clorox acquisition

On January 22, 2026, Clorox announced a definitive agreement to buy GOJO for $2.25 billion in cash. The Akron Beacon Journal reported that GOJO had nearly $800 million in annual sales at the time. Jaros called it a momentous day for the company and said she was proud to continue the family's 80-year legacy. Clorox completed the purchase in the spring of 2026. CleanLink reported that the business, renamed Clorox Purell, would be led by Jaros as president and stay headquartered in Akron, with facilities in Ashland, Cuyahoga Falls and Wooster, Ohio.

The sale proceeds went to GOJO's owners, the Lippman Kanfer family. Whether Jaros held equity or received a deal-related payment has not been reported.

Boards and recognition

• Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.: independent director, per SEC filings.
• City of Hope: the Facilities, Breakroom and Safety executive board picked GOJO and Jaros as its 2026 HOPE Award honorees for more than a decade of fundraising support, with the award presented in Akron in May 2026, OPI reported.
• Crain's Cleveland Business: 2022 Women of Note.

Husband, age and personal life

Jaros was 41 in November 2019, which places her birth around 1978 and her age at about 48 in 2026. The earlier version of this page said she was 30, gave her height and weight, and said she was married to a man named Brett Farmery; we found no reliable source for any of these, and the age is plainly wrong, so they have been removed. Her SEC filings mention family trusts, but reputable outlets have not reported details of her family, and we do not publish them.

How she compares

Jaros is a hired chief executive rather than a founder, so her wealth depends on pay and equity awards rather than ownership of the company. See also Billy Orgel and Brooke Fleetwood.

Why there is no reliable estimate

For executives of private companies, pay is almost never disclosed, and GOJO was private until 2026. The only public holdings are her Grocery Outlet shares, which are a fraction of what a long-time CEO would typically hold. Until a reputable outlet reports on her compensation or deal proceeds, her net worth is not known.