Susie Ma founded Tropic Skincare in 2004.

A star of hit BBC One show The Apprentice has enjoyed a bumper pay day to the tune of £20m for the year after buying out Lord Alan Sugar.

Entrepreneur Susie Ma, who was a finalist on the 2011 series, took back full control of the company she founded in 2004 at the age of 15, Tropic Skincare, in 2023 .

Lord Sugar received a multi-million pound pay-out through the deal which was a major return on his initial £200,000 investment.

The billionaire had he’d a 50 per cent stake in the retailer which sells skincare and cosmetics products.

Now, new accounts filed with Companies House have revealed Susie Ma has paid herself a dividend of £18.2m for 2024 while a further dividend of £2m was approved at the end of April this year.

The pay-outs are u

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