Susie Ma is a British-Chinese skincare entrepreneur. She is known for her appearance on the seventh series of the BBC television series The Apprentice in 2011, where despite coming in third place, she secured investment from Alan Sugar. [2] Her company is Tropic Skincare.

Susie Ma is the Founder and CEO of Tropic, a beauty empire that’s changing the natural skincare and cosmetics landscape for good. Creating multi-award-winning products that are both ethical and effective, Susie’s freshly made, vegan formulations have amassed over 35,000 five-star reviews from an ever-growing communit

2025年3月7日 · Born in Shanghai, Ma founded Tropic Skincare when she was only 15 years old because she wanted to help her mother with the bills and eventually buy her a house one day. On the first day she sold...

Aged fifteen, Susie poured her freshly made scrub into 50 jam jars and started selling at Greenwich market. She sold-out on her first day! Over the next six years, Susie kept studying full-time, using her evenings and weekends to formulate recipes and sell them across London.

Susie Ma is Founder and CEO of Tropic Skincare. She started the company when she was just 15 years old, after she and her mum moved to London from Australia.

2023年4月3日 · Tropic Skincare’s founder Susie Ma has regained full ownership of the brand from British business magnate Lord Alan Sugar. Ma, who founded the business in 2004, has agreed to buy out Lord Sugar’s remaining 50% shares in the company.

Founder in focus. The following interview is an extract from our fourth annual Top 200 Women-Powered Businesses Report, produced in collaboration with Beauhurst. Click here to read the full account. How does it feel to be recognised as one of the fastest growing women-powered businesses in the J.P. Morgan report for the second year running?

Susie Ma is the Founder and CEO of Tropic, one of the UK’s fastest-growing skincare brands. Tropic officially launched in 2011, following a £200,000 investment from Lord Alan Sugar, which allowed the brand to scale up production.

To unearth the inspiration behind a business that nurtures the health of our skin, mind, body and planet, I look back at the humble beginnings of Tropic Founder and CEO, Susie Ma, in conversation...