Detergent Turns Former Teacher Into One of China’s Richest Women
- Former chemistry teacher now has a net worth of $8.6 billion
- Hillhouse invested in Blue Moon’s two funding rounds
Bottles of Blue Moon laundry detergent at a supermarket in Yichang, China earlier in November.
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Pan Dong used to be a teacher at a university in Guangzhou, China. Fast forward two decades, she’s now one of the nation’s richest women.