Obsessed inventor, bold entrepreneur: $200 million to make organic soap

While many entrepreneurs might worry about a possible recession next year, the threat doesn't seem to bother the 35-year-old boss of Haiqing Biotech.

Sun Shunhai just attended an opening ceremony for his new factory in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, "the first in China able to make 100,000 tons of the palm oil derivative MES yearly," according to Sun.

MES - short for a-methyl ester sulphonate - is used in a wide range of cleaning products including laundry detergent and liquid soap.