PUNEET NANDA
FOUNDER/CEO
GURUNANDA LLC
WHY: Founded holistic wellness company that makes about 200K units of oral care products at 285K-square-foot manufacturing facility in Buena Park that employs around 200 people. Goes by “Dr. Fresh”—the same name of another oral care company he took on from his father and sold in 2017.
IN THE NEWS: Received Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Pacific Southwest Award in June.
NOTABLE: Company nearly went out of business in 2022 but went viral on TikTok for its oil-pulling mouthwash and sold 90K orders overnight. Currently, the top-selling brand on TikTok Shop in the U.S., according to the company.
QUOTABLE: “I just had a feeling in my heart that this was going to be big one day.”
