Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announced today, February 22, that he will contest the 2024 presidential election in the United States. He is the second Indian-American to join the Republican Party’s presidential primary race after Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations, launched her presidential bid last week. Vivek Ramaswamy said, “I am proud to say tonight that I am running for president to revive those ideals in this country.” Vivek Ramaswamy said. The 37-year-old is the author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam” and has been dubbed the “CEO of Anti-Woke, Inc.” in a magazine profile last year.
Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?
Ramaswamy was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. His parents immigrated from Wadakkanchery, Palakkad, Kerala, India. After earning an engineering degree from a local college in Kerala, his father, VG Ramaswamy, went to work at the General Electric plant in Evendale, Ohio. St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati is where Ramaswamy earned his diploma in 2003. He was class valedictorian, a nationally rated junior tennis player, and a talented pianist in high school.
The 37-year-old second-generation Indian American launched Roivant Sciences in 2014 and oversaw the biggest biotech IPOs of 2015 and 2016, resulting in the FDA-approved development of several drugs following successful clinical trials in multiple disease categories. The entrepreneur quickly gained popularity for his work in the field and was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine in 2015, which called him a “30-Year-Old CEO Conjuring Drug Companies from Thin Air”.
After stepping down as chief executive officer (CEO) of Roivent Sciences in 2021, Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management, an Ohio-based asset management firm founded by billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel and his law school friend, JD Vance. was financially supported by who is a venture capitalist. According to The New Yorker, Ramaswamy regards Strive as an “anti-voc” asset-management firm that does not ask the companies in which it has invested to “advance a political agenda”.
Vivek Ramaswamy Political Ideology
Vivek is critical of the ‘awakened’ culture, he considers the ‘awakened’ culture to be a matter of national danger. When he announced his campaign he promised to end affirmative action in “every area of American life”. Vivek is known for criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement.
Second Indian-American to enter presidential election 2024
Haley, a two-time former governor of South Carolina and former US ambassador to the United Nations, announced her candidacy for the presidency earlier this month. She announced that she would run for the Republican Party nomination against her former boss and former US President Donald Trump.