Born in Shanghai, she spent her early years in Australia before moving to the UK.
She attended Croydon High School and was just 15 when she recreated and sold her grandma’s body scrub recipe at Greenwich Market to help her mum pay the bills.
Today, Tropic Skincare has grown into a $100m+ revenue business and has won more than 450 awards.
Ma gained national attention in 2011 when she appeared in seventh series of The Apprentice at the age of 21.
On Thursday, she’ll step into the Den when she makes her appearance as a guest Dragon on Dragons’ Den.