Vivek G. Ramaswamy is a conservative political activist, author, and entrepreneur from the United States. In 2014, he founded the biopharmaceutical startup Roivant Sciences after working as an investment partner. He’s been writing and speaking out against stakeholder capitalism, big tech censorship, and critical race theory since 2020.
In a 2022 New Yorker story, Ramaswamy was dubbed “The C.E.O. of Anti-Woke, Inc.” and was described as “one of the intellectual godfathers of the anti-woke movement” by Politico in 2023. On February 21, 2023, Ramaswamy announced his decision to run in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries on Tucker Carlson Tonight. Let’s check out Vivek Ramaswamy’s Wiki, Age, Height, Education, Career, Family, Wife, Biography & More.
Vivek Ramaswamy Wiki/Bio:
Real Name: | Vivek G. Ramaswamy |
Nick Name: | Vivek Ramaswamy |
Date of Birth: | 09 August 1985 |
Birthplace: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Zodiac Sign: | Leo |
Nationality: | American |
Religion: | Hinduism |
Profession: | Businessman |
Marital Status: | Married |
Vivek Ramaswamy Age, Height, Weight:
Age: | 38 Years (As of 2023) |
Height: | 5Ft 7in |
Weight: | 71 Kg |
Vivek Ramaswamy Education:
Ramaswamy graduated from St. Xavier High School, a Jesuit secondary school in Cincinnati, in 2003. He was class valedictorian and a nationally ranked junior tennis player in high school. Ramaswamy received his A.B. in biology from Harvard College summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 2007. His senior thesis focused on the ethical issues created by developing human-animal chimaeras.
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans granted Ramaswamy a post-graduate fellowship in 2011. Ramaswamy earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2013.
Vivek Ramaswamy Career:
In 2007, Ramaswamy and Travis May co-founded Campus Venture Network, a technology company that provides software and networking services to university entrepreneurs. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation bought the business in 2009. Ramaswamy was a partner and co-managed QVT Financial’s biotech portfolio from 2007 to 2014, while also attending Yale Law School from 2010 to 2013.
Ramaswamy started Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical business that focuses on integrating technology to drug research, in 2014, and served as CEO until 2021. Ramaswamy appeared on the cover of Forbes magazine in 2015 for his work in drug development.
Ramaswamy co-founded Chapter Medicare, the first consumer-first Medicare navigation tool, in 2020.
Ramaswamy is presently the co-founder and executive chairman of Strive Asset Management, an asset management firm based in Ohio that has received financial backing from Peter Thiel and J. D. Vance, among others. In January 2023, Strive started a proxy advisory service to compete with such popular businesses as Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services.
Ramaswamy has been on the board of directors of The Philanthropy Roundtable, an organisation that aspires to “promote excellence in giving, defend philanthropic independence and help donors advance liberty, opportunity, and personal responsibility. He was elected to the Board of Trustees of St. Xavier High School in 2021.
Ramaswamy has proposed eliminating a law that requires presidents to spend all of the funds appropriated by Congress. He opposes the movements for diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as the environmental, social, and governance movements.
Ramaswamy considering running for the United States Senate in Ohio in 2022.
Ramaswamy was rumored to be running for President of the United States in the 2024 election in 2023.
On February 21, 2023, Ramaswamy announced his intention to run in the Republican Party presidential primaries of 2024. Ramaswamy describes himself as a conservative.
Vivek Ramaswamy Family:
His father “Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy”, worked as an engineer and patent attorney for General Electric while his mother “Geetha Ramaswamy”, graduated from Mysore Medical College and worked as a geriatric psychiatrist.
Vivek Ramaswamy Wife:
Vivek Ramaswamy married Apoorva Tewari Ramaswamy, an assistant professor, and surgeon at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He has two Children.