Susie Ma is a British-Chinese skincare entrepreneur, philanthropist and Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree. She is known for her appearances on the seventh series of the BBC television series The Apprentice in 2011, where despite coming in third place, she secured investment from Lord Alan Sugar. Her company, Tropic Skincare, has been recognised as the fastest growing skincare brand in the UK, selling 3.3 million products per year. Career 2010–11: The Apprentice Susie Ma was one of the final four contestants on the seventh series of The Apprentice but lost to winner as inventor Tom Pellereau. Lord Sugar said: “After filming ends, I tell all the contestants to give me a call if they need me. At the You’re Hired show after The Apprentice final, I mentioned Susan as someone I’d be contacting in the future." Tropic Skincare remains the only business run by an Apprentice runner-up, to have gone on to secure investment from Lord Sugar. He invested £250,000 to become a 50/50 partner at the end of Ma’s series of The Apprentice. 2012–present: Tropic Skincare On 18 March 2012, Tropic Skincare was launched as part of a 50/50 partnership between Ma and Alan Sugar. In 2016, Tropic received the Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track’s ‘Emerging Brand’ award. From 2016-2018, Tropic has also been recognised as the fastest growing skincare brand in the UK on the Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table. In 2018, Tropic reported a turnover of over £29.5 million, and currently sells 3.3 million products per year. In the same year, they revamped 15 existing formulas, launched 12 new products and released 10 new collections. In 2018, Tropic was featured in The London Stock Exchange's book of 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain for 2019. The business located to a new 48,000 sq. ft. premises in June 2019 to accommodate their rapidly expanding manufacturing requirements and workforce, currently employing over 150 people. Since 2018, Tropic’s turnover has increased by 198%. Personal life Susie Ma was born in Shanghai, China, and her family later relocated to Cairns, Australia in 1996. She settled in London, UK in 2002. In 2004, at the age of 15, Ma began making a body scrub using a recipe she learnt from her grandmother and mother during her time in Australia. Using a blend of sea salts, macadamia oils and lemon myrtle essential oils packaged in jam jars, she created