Vivek G. Ramaswamy; born August 9, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and a candidate in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries.
Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati to Indian immigrant parents. He graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor’s degree in biology and later earned a J.D. from Yale Law School. Ramaswamy worked as an investment partner at a hedge fund before founding a biotech company, Roivant Sciences, in 2014. He stepped down as CEO of Roivant in 2021 but remained its chairman until 2023.
In 2022, Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management, an investment firm that positions itself in opposition to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). In February 2023, Ramaswamy declared his candidacy for the Republican Party’s nomination for president in the 2024 election.
Books in order of publication:
Woke, Inc: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam – 2021
Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence – 2022
Capitalist Punishment: How Wall Street Is Using Your Money to Create a Country You Didn’t Vote For – 2023
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