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Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy, born August 9, 1985) is an American businessman and a political candidate. He founded Roivant Sciences, a pharmaceutical company, in 2014. In February 2023, Ramaswamy declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election.

Ramaswamy started his campaign by claiming that the United States is in the middle of a national identity crisis precipitated by “new secular religions like COVID-ism, climate-ism, and gender ideology”. He is also a critic of environmental, social, and corporate governance initiatives (ESG). In August 2023, Forbes estimated Ramaswamy’s net worth at more than $950 million; his wealth comes from biotech and financial businesses.[8]

Early life

Ramaswamy was born on August 9, 1985, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Indian Hindu immigrant parents. His family are Tamil-speaking Brahmins from Kerala. His father, V. Ganapathy Ramaswamy, a graduate of the National Institute of Technology Calicut, worked as an engineer and patent attorney for General Electric. In contrast, his mother, Geetha Ramaswamy, a graduate of the Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, worked as a geriatric psychiatrist. His parents immigrated from Palakkad district in Kerala, where the family had an ancestral home in a traditional agraharam in the town of Vadakkencherry.

Ramaswamy was raised in Ohio. Growing up, Ramaswamy often attended the local Hindu temple in Dayton with his family. His conservative Christian piano teacher, who gave him private lessons from elementary through high school, also influenced his social views. He spent many summer vacations traveling to India with his parents.

Education

Ramaswamy attended public schools through eighth grade. He then attended Cincinnati’s St. Xavier High School, a Catholic school affiliated with the Jesuit order, graduating valedictorian in 2003.

In 2007, Ramaswamy graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in biology, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. At Harvard, he gained a reputation as a bold and confident libertarian.He was a member of the Harvard Political Union, becoming its president  He told The Harvard Crimson that he considered himself a contrarian who loved to debate.] While in college, he performed Eminem covers and libertarian-themed rap music under the stage name and alter ego “Da Vek”, and was an intern for the hedge fund Amaranth Advisors and the investment bank Goldman Sachs. He wrote his senior thesis on the ethical questions raised by creating human-animal chimeras and earned a Bowdoin Prize.

In 2011, Ramaswamy was awarded a post-graduate fellowship by the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, which he used to attend Yale Law School.] At Yale he befriended future U.S. Senator J. D. Vance. He earned a Juris Doctor in 2013. In a 2023 interview, Ramaswamy said that he was a member of the campus Jewish intellectual discussion society Shabtai while a law student. By the time he attended Yale, Ramaswamy was already wealthy from his involvement in the finance, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries; he said in 2023 that he had a net worth of around $15 million before graduating from law school.[25]

Business career

Vivek Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985), is an American politician and businessman. In 2014, he founded Roivant Science. This pharmaceutical company is his first venture. Ramaswamy announced his bid for Republican Party Nomination at the United States Presidential Election.

Ramaswamy began his campaign with the claim that “New secular religious such as climate-ism and gender ideologies” are causing a crisis of national identity in the United States. He also criticizes initiatives for environmental, social and corporate governance. In August 2023 Forbes calculated Ramaswamy’s net worth to be more than $950,000,000. His wealth is derived from Biotech, and Financial Businesses. [8]

Early Life

Ramaswamy’s parents are Indian Hindu immigrants. He is Tamil speaking a Brahmin and hails from Kerala. V. Ganapathy Ramaswamy is a graduate of National Institute of Technology Calicut and worked for General Electric as an engineer. Geetha, a graduate from the Mysore Medical College & Research Institute worked as a geriatric psychiatric. The parents of the boy were born in Palakkad District, Kerala. They had an ancestral house in a traditional Agraharam located in the city of Vadakkencherry.

Ramaswamy grew up in Ohio. Ramaswamy attended local Hindu Temples in Dayton as a child. He also had a Christian teacher who taught him piano privately from elementary school through high-school. He traveled to India many times with his family during summer holidays.

Educational Institutions

Ramaswamy went to public school until the eighth grade. Then he attended Cincinnati’s St. Xavier, a Catholic high school associated with the Jesuits, where he graduated as valedictorian.

Ramaswamy earned a reputation as a bold and confident libertarian at Harvard. He was also a member of the Harvard Political Union, becoming its president. In college, Ramaswamy gained a reputation for being a confident and bold libertarian. He was also a member and president of the Harvard Political Union. His senior thesis was on ethical issues raised by the creation of human-animal “chimeras“. He received a Bowdoin Prize.

He became friends with future U.S. Senator J. Christopher Stevens at Yale. Senator J. D. Vance. In 2013, he earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence. Ramaswamy stated in a 2023 article that he had been a student of law at Yale and was also a member the campus Jewish intellectual society Shabtai. Ramaswamy had already amassed a fortune from his work in finance, biotech, and pharmaceutical industries by the time he entered Yale. He said that in 2023 he was worth $15 million.

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