Tamara Mellon plots new business ventures Tamara Mellon, the co-founder and former CEO of Jimmy Choo, has revealed her future business plans include a book, a charity and a new "fashion venture." Tamara Mellon, the co-founder and former CEO of Jimmy Choo is penning a non-fiction "entrepreneur story" which will be published next year. "It's not strictly a business book and it's not strictly a memoir," Mellon told the New York Times . It's a hybrid. The book will be her first project since leaving the helm of the shoe company last year, but it won't be her only new venture. READ: Tamara Mellon to quit Jimmy Choo The 45-year-old also plans to set up a women's rights foundation and will embark upon a new "fashion venture," which is rumoured to be a lifestyle brand similar to that of her close friend, Tory Burch. However, Mellon has to wait until February 2013 when her non-compete agreement with Jimmy Choo expires to pursue her future career plans. Speaking of her sudden departure from the world-famous shoe brand, Mellon explained that she left not only because of her disagreement over Labelux's - who bought Jimmy Choo in 2011 - new management structure, but also because she wanted to leave whilst she was still young enough to "take the risk and have a new challenge." READ: What's in Tamara Mellon's make-up bag? Mellon, who has now moved from her native Britain to New York, also addressed the speculation that she had forced co-founder Jimmy Choo out of his eponymous brand, as was widely reported when Mr. Choo sold his shares in the business in 2001. "No one can force someone to sell their shares," she said. It was Jimmy's decision. And he sold his name to the business. The pair founded the brand in 1996 after meeting through Mellon's work as accessories editor at British Vogue .