EY US unveils Puneet Nanda of GuruNanda as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Award Finalist
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BUENA PARK, Calif. - Californer -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) has announced the finalists for the prestigious Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Pacific Southwest Awards. Now in its 40th year, E&Y celebrates entrepreneurial leaders who disrupt industries, drive innovation, and create long-term value for their communities and the global economy. An independent panel of judges selected Puneet Nanda, CEO of Buena Park-based GuruNanda (http://www.gurunanda.com/) for his entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and lasting impact in building long-term value.

"Being recognized by EY is an incredible honor," said Puneet Nanda. "At GuruNanda, we're on a mission to develop high-quality, Ayurvedic-inspired wellness products that are accessible and affordable. This nomination reinforces our commitment to holistic health and innovation, and I'm grateful to be among such inspiring change makers." GuruNanda's comprehensive portfolio includes Ayurvedic-inspired oral care products and farm-to-home essential oils.

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Entrepreneur Of The Year honors business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit. The program celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their business from inception or who raised outside capital to grow their company; transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an existing organization to catapult its trajectory; and multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy business model to strengthen it for the future.

Regional award winners will be announced on June 6th during a special celebration in San Diego and will become lifetime members of an esteemed community of Entrepreneur Of The Year alumni from around the world. The winners will then be considered by the National judges for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards, which will be presented in November at the annual Strategic Growth Forum (https://www.ey.com/en_us/growth/strategic-growth-forum-us)^®, one of the nation's most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies.

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Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, Cresa, LLC, Marsh McLennan Agency and SAP. In the Pacific Southwest, sponsors also include Platinum sponsor: Vaco; Gold sponsors: Cooley (San Diego market) and Stradling (Orange County market) and Silver sponsors: ADP and Big Picture.

About Entrepreneur Of The Year

Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur Of The Year has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries who are leading successful, dynamic businesses in the US, and it has since expanded to nearly 60 countries globally.

The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of independent judges select the regional award winners every June. Those winners compete for national recognition at the Strategic Growth Forum (https://www.ey.com/en_us/growth/strategic-growt...)^® in November where National finalists and award winners are announced. The overall National winner represents the US at the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ competition. Visit ey.com/us/eoy (https://www.ey.com/en_us/entrepreneur-of-the-year-us).