Lupin CEO wins Ernst & Young award

BALTIMORE — The head of Lupin Pharmaceuticals has received an award from accounting firm Ernst & Young.

Ernst & Young announced Thursday that it had named Lupin CEO Vinita Gupta the inaugural Ernst & Young U.S. 2012 Family Business Award of Excellence winner at its 2012 Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs, Calif.

"Gupta's father, Desh Bandhu Gupta, founded India's Lupin in 1968, and as a teenager, she accompanied him on business trips around the world, giving her a taste of global diplomacy and negotiation strategy," Ernst & Young Americas director for Entrepreneur of the Year Bryan Pearce said. "Through these early valuable experiences with her father, and her continued education in business, education and pharmaceuticals, Vinita has come to be a great leader who will continue to take Lupin Pharmaceuticals to new heights."

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